- Introduction and definitions - privacy, anonymity, pseudonymization, digital identity;
- Analytics and user identification techniques (browser identification JavaScript techniques, Cookies);
- Cryptographic anonymity techniques
Period
20-07-2013 - 04-08-2013 (3 weeks)
Target group
Students and professionals in the field of informatics, computer science or electrical engineering
Course aim
This lecture provides insights how personal data is collected during Internet usage and how this information can be misused. After discussing non-technical issues of privacy protection, a number of techniques are introduced used to collect and analyze private data mostly analytics to improve services. To protect privacy, rules for a responsible usage of the Internet are provided. In addition, students get to know infrastructures und cryptographic techniques to use the Internet in an anonymous way (sender, receiver and content anonymization).
Credits
1.0 ECTS credits
The Summer School ends with a final exam. On successful completion of the courses, a certificate, which confirms the ECTS-credits earned as well as the grade, is awarded. The certificate is signed by all lecturers and includes a detailed description of the content and number of the courses attended.
Course fee
EUR 0: no fee
Course leader
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Sobe
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Address: University of Rostock
Postal code: D-18051
City: Vilnius
Country: Lithuania
Website: http://basoti.uni-rostock.de/
E-mail: christine.braeuning@uni-rostock.de
Phone: +49 381 498 7660
