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1. JRA5: Internet Privacy and Identity, Trust and
Reputation Mechanisms
Kick-off Meeting
Brussels, 21-22 December 2011
Ian Brown (OXF)
Network of
FP7-ICT-2011.1.6-288021 EINS Excellence in
Internet Science

2. WP Objectives
 Integrate and develop research on distributed social
nets (eg Diaspora and Footlights), partial identities
(PrimeLife), privacy-protective sensor networks
(FRESNEL), privacy beliefs and behaviours
(PVNets), online trust and reputation mechanisms
 Integrate research efforts, scientific concepts and
methodologies from computer science, psychology,
anthropology, sociology, political science, statistics,
graph theory, behavioural economics and law
 Investigate trade-offs between anonymity and
accountability, and how decentralized systems can
protect against spam, offensive content and criminal
activities, while creating trusted mechanisms for
online interaction based on reputation systems
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

3. WP Tasks
 Task R5.1 A data protection assessment
framework – UPMC (Pol Sci), OXF (Internet
Studies, Anth), WARW (Econ), UESSEX (Law), UoS
(CS), UiO (Law), NEXA (Law)
 Task R5.2 Analysis of privacy, reputation and
trust in social networks – UoS (Maths), OXF
(Internet Studies, Anth), ULANC (Sociology), UCAM
(CS), TUM (CS), EPFL (CS), TUD (CS), KNAW
(Sociology, STS), CERTH (CS, Psych)
 Task R5.3 Developing a roadmap for privacy
techniques for the Internet of Things, clouds and
sensor networks – OXF (Internet Studies, Anth),
TUM (CS), EPFL (CS), PASSAU (CS), CERTH (CS)
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

4. R5.1 A DP assessment framework
 Analyse compliance of emerging sensing,
social nets, search and cloud technologies
with EU DP rules.
 Define privacy criteria and an assessment
framework for scientific researchers,
technology designers, regulators and users
of such technologies and applications
 Assess the extent to which the EU DP
framework takes sufficient account of the
technical and social realities of Internet-
based transactional platforms
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

5. R5.2 Privacy, reputation and trust in SNS
 analyse current practices in user privacy in social
network (e.g. decentralization, data obfuscation), to
compare them with privacy practice in real life, and
to identify technologically sophisticated and socially
well-anchored solutions
 investigate the exploitation of user-user trust
relationship for enabling user privacy, including
behavioural analysis, social norms and encryption
 take stock from existing activities in this area, identify
areas for further research between the different
disciplines involved, and pursue innovative research
in order to become a point of reference
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

6. R5.3 Privacy for IoT, cloud + sensor nets
 Develop a roadmap for privacy-enabling
mechanisms in embedded sensors in user
house and mobile devices for health-care,
environmental conservation, etc.
 Analyse privacy trade-offs,
communication/processing overhead and
data inaccuracy/unavailability for these
mechanisms
 Develop a roadmap for technical
countermeasures, which ensure the location
privacy of an entity
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

7. WP Action List for the 1st Year
 An initial assessment of Internet Privacy,
Identity, Trust and Reputation mechanisms
based also on the research results of an
organised workshop by JRA5 on these
topics, combining frameworks from political
science, computer science, Internet studies,
economics and law into a unified “Internet
Science” view of the field [month 12]
 Reports on integration and excellence
building [month 15]
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

8. Interdependencies with other WPs
 JRA2 (incorporating privacy by design).
 JRA4 (governance and regulation,
particularly the EU data protection
framework)
 JRA6 (allowing users to participate in virtual
communities without over-exposing their
personal data)
 JRA8 (where users must be reassured that
energy-saving technology is not invading
their privacy)
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

9. WP Impact
 The basic goal of Internet Science for
privacy and identity should be to find the
right combination of autonomy (solving
security and privacy issues a user cannot
resolve) and user control, in a way that is
comprehensible and likely to be accepted.
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011

10. Issues to be discussed and decided
EINS Kick-off Meeting Brussels, December 21-22, 2011