Advanced Privacy-Preserving Data Management and Analysis
The collection of large amounts of users’ sensible data by services providers such as Google, Yahoo, or Facebook poses several relevant and challenging issues. A particularly relevant problem is how to ensure a suitable degree of statistical analysis over
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Jordi Nin · Javier Herranz Editors
Privacy and Anonymity in Information Management Systems New Techniques for New Practical Problems
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Editors Dr. Jordi Nin Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Dept. Arquitectura de Computadors C. Jordi Girona 1-3 08034 Barcelona Spain [email protected]
Dr. Javier Herranz Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Dept. Matemàtica Aplicada IV C. Jordi Girona 1-3 08034 Barcelona Spain [email protected]
AI&KP ISSN 1610-3947 ISBN 978-1-84996-237-7 e-ISBN 978-1-84996-238-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-238-4 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2010928908 c Springer-Verlag London Limited 2010 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks” Article 12 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Foreword
As depicted in David Lodge’s celebrated novel Small World, the perceived size of our world experienced a progressive decrease as jet airplanes became affordable to ever greater shares of the earth’s population. Yet, the really dramatic shrinking had to wait until the mid-1990s, when Internet became widespread and the information age stopped being an empty buzzword. But small is not necessarily beautiful. We now live in a global village and, alas, some (often very powerful) voices state that we ought not expect any more privacy in it. Should this be true, we would have created our own nightmare: a global village combining the worst of conventional villages, where a lot of information
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