On granting limited access to private information
Frans A. Lategan, Martin S. Olivier · 2001
We distribute our private information on an everincreasing number of computers daily, and we eectively give target organisations carte blanche to do what they want with our private information once they have collected it. We have only their privacy policy as a possible safeguard against misuse of our private information. In this paper we describe a classi cation of private information based on the purpose it is acquired for. We also propose a method bywhich we can grant limited access to our private information, and thus enforce the terms of their privacy policies. Private information is also revealed at the last possible stage, further reducing the possibility of misuse. This safeguards private information in four of the ve categories mentioned. ######### Privacy, access control 1.