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

Technical Program Chair

  • Urs Hengartner (University of Waterloo, Canada)

Technical Program Committee

  • Carlisle Adams (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Esma Aimeur (University of Montreal, Canada)
  • Anders Andersen (UiT The Arctiv University of Norway, Norway)
  • Claudio Bettini (University of Milan, Italy)
  • Michael Brenner (Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Germany)
  • Sonja Buchegger (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
  • Jeremy Clark (Concordia University, Canada)
  • Frédéric Cuppens (IMT - Telecom Bretagne, France)
  • Nora Cuppens (IMT - Telecom Bretagne, France)
  • Paolo D'Arco (University of Salerno, Italy)
  • Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
  • Alekander Essex (Western University, Canada)
  • Sébastien Gambs (Université de Rennes 1 - Inria, France)
  • Bisheng Liu (University of Waterloo, Canada)
  • Mohammad Hossein Manshaei (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran)
  • Sergio Mascetti (University of Milan, Italy)
  • Sini Ruohomaa (University of Helsinki, Finland)
  • Reza Shokri (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Klara Stokes (Linköping University, Sweden)
  • Thorsten Strufe (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
  • Vicenç Torra (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)