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PIPwatch : the personal information protection toolbar project

Ley, Dave (2006) PIPwatch : the personal information protection toolbar project. Delivered at Canadian Library Association Conference 2006, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). Presentation.

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Abstract

The goal of the Personal Information Protection toolbar (PIPWatch) project is to design a software tool that will help Canadian Internet users determine which websites they visit comply with Canadian privacy legislation, in particular the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The software tool will allow a community of privacy concerned Canadians to collectively gather and share information about the privacy practices of different organizations. This type of communal coordination, known as social navigation, has been successfully used in many other Internet-based projects, from Wikipedia to consumer ratings on eBay to numerous hotel and travel review sites. This project will attempt to evaluate if social navigation techniques can be applied to privacy enhancing technology.

Keywords:privacy; PIPEDA; privacy enhancing technology; social navigation; web annotation; firefox extension
Subjects:B. Information use and sociology of information. > BF. Information policy
L. Information technology and library technology. > LC. Internet, including WWW.
ID Code:7119
Deposited By:Morrison, Heather G
Deposited On:31 August 2006
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