Computer and Information Security Handbook, 2nd Edition

Chapter 42

Privacy on the Internet

Marco Cremonini,    Università degli Studi di Milano

Chiara Braghin,    Università degli Studi di Milano

Claudio Agostino Ardagna,    Università degli Studi di Milano

1 Privacy in the Digital Society

Privacy in today’s digital society is one of the most debated and controversial topics. Many different opinions about what privacy actually is and how it could be preserved have been expressed, but still we can set no clear-cut border that cannot be trespassed if privacy is to be safeguarded.

The Origins, the Debate

As it often happens when a debate heats up, the extremes speak louder and, about privacy, the extremes are those that advocate the ban of the disclosure of whatever personal information and those that say ...