Title: Employing privacy policies and preferences in modern e-government environments

Authors: Prokopios Drogkaris; Stefanos Gritzalis; Costas Lambrinoudakis

Addresses: Laboratory of Information and Communication Systems Security, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Samos GR-832 00, Greece ' Laboratory of Information and Communication Systems Security, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Samos GR-832 00, Greece ' Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus GR-185 34, Greece

Abstract: The evolvement of e-government has raised users' concerns on personal data disclosure and privacy threats as more and more information is released to various governmental service providers. This paper addresses the consideration of users who would wish to retain control over their personal information while using advanced governmental electronic services. Additionally, it proposes a simple, yet effective, architecture which promotes the employment of privacy policies and preferences in modern e-government environments. The aim is to simplify the provision of electronic services while preserving users' personal data and information privacy.

Keywords: e-government; security; privacy policy; privacy preferences; XML schemas; electronic government; government service providers; personal information; personal data; information privacy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2013.058361

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2013 Vol.6 No.2, pp.101 - 116

Received: 12 Dec 2012
Accepted: 17 Jun 2013
Published online: 18 Dec 2013 *

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