The use of communications networks to increase personal privacy

Author

Maxemchuk, N.F. ; Low, S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

2-6 Apr 1995

Firstpage

504

Abstract

Communications networks can separate as well as join information. This ability can be used to increase personal privacy in an environment where advances in technology makes it possible to collect and correlate increasing amounts of information about individuals. The tools and principles necessary to increase personal privacy are demonstrated by creating an anonymous credit card, in which a person´s identity and purchases are separated, and a national health insurance plan, in which treatment, payment and an individual´s identity are separated. An analysis technique is developed to determine how well the information is separated

Keywords

credit transactions; cryptography; data privacy; medical information systems; protocols; telecommunication networks; analysis technique; anonymous credit card; communications networks; cryptographic protocol; individual´s identity; information separation; national health insurance plan; payment; person´s identity; personal privacy; purchases; treatment; Advertising; Assembly; Communication networks; Costs; Credit cards; Cryptographic protocols; Insurance; Motion pictures; Pervasive computing; Privacy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '95. Fourteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Bringing Information to People. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6990-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1995.515915

Filename

515915