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9.5 Some privacy related considerations
Because privacy is a real concern for end-users of the information society, and
because cybercrime can have a signicant impact on digital privacy, the fol-
lowing section will discuss the most relevant stakes, challenges, threats, and
privacy issues.
Privacy denition and global approach
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, privacy is “the state or condition
of being alone, undisturbed, or free from public attention, as a matter of choice
or right; freedom from interference or intrusion.” The free and unsupervised
use of information and communications technologies means condentiality
and integrity of data and ow, without active or passive listening. ...