Digital Privacy

According to recent surveys, privacy and anonymity are the fundamental issues of concern for most internet users, ranked higher than ease-of-use, spam, and cost. Reflecting the growing interest in this area, this volume provides information on state-of-the-art technologies, best practices, and research results, as well as legal, regulatory, and ethical issues. Featuring contributions from experts in academia, industry, and government, it examines attacks that compromise the path of a message as it travels through the anonymous system. It also introduces a risk model IT firms can use to determine the risks they are exposed to as a result of privacy violations and/or disclosure of personal data.