Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society

Refining Privacy Impact Assessment

Stefan Strauß

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Routledge
03 May 2019

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Political structure & processes; Legal aspects of computing; Privacy & data protection; Computer networking & communications

Series: Routledge New Security Studies

"This book offers an analysis of privacy impacts resulting from and reinforced by technology and discusses fundamental risks and challenges of protecting privacy in the digital age.

Privacy is among the most endangered ""species"" in our networked society: personal information is processed for various purposes beyond our control. Ultimately, this affects the natural interplay between privacy, personal identity and identification. This book investigates that interplay from a systemic, socio-technical perspective by combining research from the social and computer sciences. It sheds light on the basic functions of privacy, their relation to identity, and how they alter with digital identification practices. The analysis reveals a general privacy control dilemma of (digital) identification shaped by several interrelated socio-political, economic and technical factors. Uncontrolled increases in the identification modalities inherent to digital technology reinforce this dilemma and benefit surveillance practices, thereby complicating the detection of privacy risks and the creation of appropriate safeguards. Easing this problem requires a novel approach to privacy impact assessment (PIA), and this book proposes an alternative PIA framework which, at its core, comprises a basic typology of (personally and technically) identifiable information. This approach contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of privacy impacts and thus, to the development of more effective protection standards.

This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of critical security studies, surveillance studies, computer and information science, science and technology studies, and politics."

By: Stefan Strauß
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9781138323537
ISBN 10: 1138323535
Series: Routledge New Security Studies
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Is privacy suffering from a digital disease? 2. A systemic perspective on privacy and identification 3. The interplay between identity, identification and privacy 4. Identification practices and the digital transformation of society 5. The privacy control dilemma of digital identification 6. How to regain control? Assessing privacy by design and privacy impact assessment 7. Towards an identifiability-based framework for privacy impact assessment 8. Is effective treatment of privacy possible? Summary and concluding remarks

Stefan Strauß is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Technology Assessment at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

Reviews for Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society: Refining Privacy Impact Assessment

'This latest volume in the Routledge New Security Studies series addresses the many facets of securing user privacy and individual identity in today's networks. Strauss (Austrian Academy of Sciences) leads readers through his critique of the current state of privacy in the digital age, then presents the means available for bringing the situation under control. The subtitle aptly draws attention to the author's focus on the impact of current digital technologies on privacy. The first three chapters establish the foundation for the later detailed discussion of treatment. Chapter 1 sets the overall tone of the volume: Introduction: Is Privacy Suffering from a Digital Disease? Chapter 2, A Systemic Perspective on Privacy and Identification, brings the main subject into view and leads to the sharper focus of Chapter 3: The Interplay Between Identity, Identification, and Privacy. The next four chapters explore specific digital identification practices, the privacy control dilemma, how to retain control, and how to establish a framework for privacy-control assessment. The final chapter addresses the problematic question of whether an effective treatment of privacy is even possible. Each chapter is independently annotated with notes and list of references. The index is expertly crafted. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.'--J. Beidler, University of Scranton, CHOICE