When considering the legal implications of monitoring and surveillance in the workplace, the question may be asked why companies deploy computer surveillance and monitoring in the first place. Several reasons may be put forward to justify why more than 80% of all major American firms monitor employee e-mails and Internet usage. However, what most companies forget is the fact that the absence or...

The relationship between privacy and security is often but falsely understood as a zero-sum game, whereby more security can only be achieved by sacrifice of privacy. Since this has been proven as too simplistic this chapter explores what factors are influencing people’s perceptions of privacy and security in the context of security-oriented surveillance practices. We are presenting a model show...

This paper describes the participation of the TUB-IRML group to the MediaEval 2014 Visual Privacy task. We present a method for privacy protection of individuals in surveillance videos. In order to achieve this, our method obscures both shape and appearance of identity-related regions through blurring and color remapping. The intelligibility is preserved by displaying edges and anomalous events...

This U.S.-based research attempts to understand the relationships between users’ perceptions about Internet privacy concerns, the need for government surveillance, government intrusion concerns, and the willingness to disclose personal information required to complete online transactions. We test a theoretical model based on a privacy calculus framework and Asymmetric Information Theory using d...

We live in interesting times of continuous flux, and this is especially true of data privacy. Indeed the world of privacy is changing, and changing fast: many new initiatives and international agreements on data privacy are being negotiated and the existing international data privacy frameworks, such as the Council of Europe Convention 108, the OECD Guidelines, have recently been revised. Last,...

The study examines differences in individual’s privacy concerns and beliefs about government surveillance in Italy and the United States. By incorporating aspects of multiple cultural theories, we argue that for both countries, the user’s decision to conduct e-commerce transactions on the Internet is influenced by privacy concerns, perceived need for government surveillance that would secure th...

Automatic Data relevancy Discrimination for a PRIVacy-sensitive video surveillance SEC-2010.6.5-2-Use of smart surveillance systems, data protection, integrity and sharing information within privacy rules Dissemination level PU Public + CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) Status Plan Draft Working + Final Submitted Approved The ADDPRIV consort...

Emerging technologies in video monitoring solutions seriously threaten personal privacy, as current hold the potential for total surveillance. These concerns apply particular to baby monitor incorporating mobile applications due privacy impact of combining sensitive recordings with access vast amount private data on a cell phone. Therefore, this study extends state research by assessing securit...

Terrorist threats and high rates of criminal behavior in urban areas guarantee that securitywill remain a major public concern. Video surveillance is becoming ubiquitous,with systems widely deployed at strategic locations in airports, banks, public transportation, and city centers. However, their widespread use raises the specter of an invasive ‘Big Brother’ society. In addition, video surveill...