Privacy-Enabling Design of Personalized Websites

本项目旨在协调基于web的系统的个性化所带来的好处与当前互联网用户对隐私的关注以及即将出台的隐私法规和立法之间的关系。该项目将对这些影响进行分析和系统化，并制定原则性的解决方案，以协调个性化带来的隐私要求和利益。具体来说，将开发一种可动态配置的个性化系统体系结构，以便所使用的个性化方法始终与当前的个人隐私偏好以及适用于给定用户和应用程序站点的隐私政策和立法保持一致。隐私将首次成为个性化软件系统开发中的一项设计要求。该项目的结果将有利于隐私增强技术领域的研究人员，以及需要尊重用户隐私的个性化网站的开发人员。项目成果将在学术场所发表，并向业界和公众传播。该项目还将通过雇用本科生和研究生，以及通过将隐私问题纳入学术教学大纲，促进研究与教学的整合。

This project aims at reconciling the benefits that personalization of web-based systems has demonstrably brought about with current privacy concerns of Internet users and with upcoming privacy regulation and legislation. The project will analyze and systemize these impacts, and develop principled solutions as to how privacy requirements and benefits through personalization can be reconciled. Specifically, an architecture for personalized systems will be developed that can be dynamically configured, so that the personalization methods in use are always in agreement with the current individual privacy preferences as well as the privacy policies and legislation that apply to the given user and the site of the application. Privacy will -- for the first time -- become a design requirement in the development of personalized software systems. The results of the project will benefit researchers in the area of privacy-enhancing technology, and developers of personalized websites who need to respect user privacy. The project outcomes will be published at academic venues, and disseminated to industry and the general public. The project will also contribute to the integration of research and teaching through the employment of undergraduate and graduate students, and through the inclusion of privacy issues into academic syllabi.