2009 World Congress on Privacy, Security, Trust and the Management of e-Business
Privacy Theme
Privacy concerns the operational policies, procedures and regulations implemented within an information system to control for the unauthorized use of, access to, or release of personal information held in any format. Topics of interest in this theme include (but are not limited to):
- privacy preserving/enhancing technologies
- identity management and biometrics
- privacy and ubiquitous computing, e.g. RFIDs
- reputation, privacy and communities
- e-health and privacy
- anonymity and medical research
- employee privacy and network administration
- privacy and location-based technologies and services
- privacy and traceability
- spyware and stalking
- anonymity, pseudonimity and accountability
- responding to hate speech, flaming and trolls
- privacy and emergency management policies and technologies
- vulnerable online users and privacy sensitization
- evolving nature of lawful surveillance
- smart cards and privacy
- identity theft and management
- privacy audits and risk analysis
- evolving role of privacy officers
Privacy Theme Chair:
David Townsend, University of New Brunswick, Canada, townsend@unb.ca
Theme Program Committee
Colin Bennett, University of Victoria, Canada
Caspar Bowden, Microsoft EMEA Technology Office, Canada
Michael Deturbide, Dalhousie University, Canada
Gary Dickson, Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, Canada
El Eman, University of Ottawa, Canada
Stephen Johnston, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Canada
Graeme Norton, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canada
Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa, Canada
Valerie Steeves, University of Ottawa, Canada
Yafei Yang, Qualcomm Inc., USA
