Information Privacy Engineering and Privacy by Design: Understanding Privacy Threats, Technology, and Regulations Based on Standards and Best Practices

Preface

Information privacy is the right of individuals to control or influence what information related to them may be collected, processed, and stored and by whom and to whom that information may be disclosed. In the context of information, the term privacy usually refers to ensuring that ostensibly private information about an individual is unavailable to parties that should not have that information.

Information privacy has become a high priority in all private and public organizations. Our society is being exposed to greater privacy threats and developing skills around Internet privacy, and safety is crucial to protecting our organizations and ourselves. The implementation of information privacy is the responsibility of IT organizations, ...