Seminar: User Privacy in New Technologies

Please note: The kick-off session has been moved to 4 May 2020, 10am-6pm due to new requirements by the examination office. We will start at 10:15am. It will be held online, login credentials have been sent to the students via mail. 

Smartphone apps provide utility to their users by providing personalized and context-sensitive services. To achieve this, smartphone platforms provide those apps with access to a multiplicity of sensitive resources on the device e.g., device information, geolocation data, and user behavior information obtained from sensors. This capability however, poses important risks in regard to user privacy, especially considering that apps do not provide an appropriate level of transparency related to sensitive-information processing.

The objective of this seminar is to perform an extensive analysis of the state of the art in which privacy threats and the implementation of counter-measures will be analysed.

Exam

In order to successfully pass this module, you need to write a paper (60%) and make a presentation (40%). Each partial requirement needs to be passed with a grade of 4.0 or better.

Topics are in the area of:

1. Privacy threats in the Smartphone Ecosystem
2. Privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) in the Smartphone Ecosystem
3. Transparency enhancing technologies (TETs) in the Smartphone Ecosystem
4. Educational measures on privacy in the Smartphone Ecosystem
5. User perceptions on privacy and privacy supporting technologies
6. Privacy in infection control smartphone apps

Specific topics will be provided during the kick-off session before the registration. The methodologies will be presented and discussed in the group before the allocation of the topics.

Students are still required to work through the methodology of their topic carefully.

1. P. Murmann and S. Fischer-Hübner. Tools for Achieving Usable Ex Post Transparency: A Survey.  IEEE Access, Vol. 5, 2017, Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8078167.
   
2. J. P. Janic, P. Wijbenga, and T. Veugen, ‘‘Transparency enhancing tools(TETs): An overview,’’ in Proc. 3rd Workshop Socio-Tech. Aspects Secur. Trust, Jun. 2013, pp. 18–25
3. H. Hedbom, ‘‘A survey on transparency tools for enhancing privacy,’’in The Future of Identity in the Information Society, Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2009, pp. 67–82, Available: http://opendl.ifip-tc6.org/db/conf/ifip9-6/fidis2008/Hedbom08.pdf.
   
4. S. Patrick and S. Kenny, ‘‘From privacy legislation to interface design: Implementing information privacy in human-computer interactions,’’ in Proc. Int. Workshop Privacy Enhancing Technol., 2003, pp. 107–124, Available: https://andrewpatrick.ca/legint/pet-workshop-patrick-kenny.pdf.
   
5. P. Murmann and S. Fischer-Hübner, ‘‘Usable transparency enhancing tools: A literature review,’’ Dept. Math. Comput. Sci., Karlstad Univ., Karlstad, Sweden, Tech. Rep., Jul. 2017, Available: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1119515/FULLTEXT02.pdf.
   
6. F. Karegar, T. Pulls, and S. Fischer-Hübner, ‘‘Visualizing exports of personal data by exercising the right of data portability in the data track — Are people ready for this?’’ in Privacy and Identity Management. Facing up to Next Steps. Springer, 2016, pp. 164–18, Available: http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1149533/FULLTEXT01.pdf.
   

This module is limited to 20 participants.

A two-stage registration procedure with different deadlines applies. You have to take part in both stages!

Stage 1: Application Deadline: 23 March 2020 – 03 April 2020

Module Application via QIS: My Functions > Lectures occupy/sign off (Instruction Module Application)

Stage 2: Exam Registration and Withdrawal Deadline: 09 April 2020 – 22 April 2020

Exam Registration and Withdrawal via QIS: My Functions > Administration of exams (Instruction Exam Registration)

An acceptance in the application procedure entitles students to register for the allocated module, but it does not replace an exam registration. Without an exam registration in stage 2, the allocated module claim of the module application in stage 1 expires!

Assignment of Available Capacities: 23 April 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Examination Office

At the assignment of available capacities, additional exam registrations are possible, even without a participation or an acceptance in the two-stage registration procedure. If desired and possible, registration for another module from the same bundle would be possible that way, too. Available capacities will be displayed at 9:20 a.m. at the Examination Office. The issuance of waiting line tickets will start at 9:30 a.m: first come - first served applies. Exam registration at the assignment of available capacities takes place in person or with an original letter of authorization.

For exchange students, module application as well as exam registration and withdrawal is not possible via QIS. Exchange students register or withdraw with a form within the exam registration and withdrawal deadline (not application deadline!). Forms and information are available at the Website of the Faculty's International Office.

Kick-Off Session: 4 May 2020 (changed due to new requirements of examination office)

It will be held online. More information will be provided here soon. 

Presentations: 3 + 6 July 2020