IT-Security and Privacy Design and Use of Privacy-Enhancing Security Mechanisms /

• Main Author: Fischer-Hübner, Simone (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1958
• Subjects: Computer security.; Data encryption (Computer science).; Computer communication systems.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; Computers and civilization.; Information technology.; Business-Data processing.; Systems and Data Security.; Cryptology.; Computer Communication Networks.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Computers and Society.; IT in Business.

Invasion of privacy and misuse of personal data are among the most obvious negative effects of today's information and communication technologies. Besides technical issues from a variety of fields, privacy legislation, depending on national activities and often lacking behind technical progress...