A technology perspective on worldwide privacy regulations
by D. A. Chapin
A. C. Nelson
and R. S. Gerber
In this paper we provide an overview of the worldwide privacy regulatory landscape
from a technology perspective. We focus on data-centric definitions of personal
information and then examine how these differ across different regulatory
frameworks, such as the ones issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, the European Union, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, and
the U.S. state laws. We discuss some of the challenges facing privacy regulatory bodies
and involving leading-edge technologies, such as event data recorders, social
networking Web sites, radio frequency identification, and national identification cards.
Finally, we connect the regulatory environment with common security technologies
that may assist organizations in complying with privacy requirements.
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