There is no universally accepted definition of privacy. It is variously referred to as a right or a privilege, a descriptive concept or a normative one, a question of secrecy or of control. Several efforts have been made to formally define privacy, but none are universally accepted. One definition that has had a lot of influence over the years, particularly on legal interpretations of privacy, ...

New models and strategies have been on trial for the advantage of emerging information and communication technologies over the last decades. Among these, a particular group of technologies impacts the way time and space constraints are now consider. Additionally, the information and knowledge society requires new skills to both the professional and the learner. In particular, considering a high...

With the advent of quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, perfect (i.e. information-theoretic) security can now be achieved for distribution of a cryptographic key. QKD systems and similar protocols use classical errorcorrecting codes for both error correction (for the honest parties to correct errors) and privacy amplification (to make an eavesdropper fully ignorant). From a coding perspectiv...