Internet Privacy, 2013
Options for adequate realisation
acatech STUDIE Series

A thorough multidisciplinary analysis of various perspectives on internet privacy was published as the first volume of a study, revealing the results of the achatech project "Internet Privacy - A Culture of Privacy and Trust on the Internet." The second publication from this project presents integrated, interdisciplinary options for improving privacy on the Internet utilising a normative, value-oriented approach. The ways in which privacy promotes and preconditions fundamental societal values and how privacy violations endanger the flourishing of said values are exemplified. The conditions which must be fulfilled in order to achieve a culture of privacy and trust on the internet are illuminated. This volume presents options for policy-makers, educators, businesses and technology experts how to facilitate solutions for more privacy on the Internet and identifies further research requirements in this area.

Introduction.- Core values and their relation to privacy.- The Characteristics and Benefits of Online Social Networks.- Characterization of E-Commerce.- Privacy Threats and their Impact on the Core Values.- Options for Achieving Privacy in Online Social Networks and E-Commerce.

Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann, acatech - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, München

Interdisciplinary perspectives on internet applications and privacy options Balanced presentation of users' and businesses' interests Revelation of inner workings of internet applications and stakeholders' interests Contains awareness training strategies for school, home and office Legalities of online purchasing demystified in simple layman's terms