Personal Privacy Threats: A taxonomy for risk assessment |
The explosion in the use of the Internet and the growth of the volume of available data has made collecting personal information about an individual easier than ever before. Problems faced by vulnerable individuals which stem from the abuse of gathered information are exacerbated. Abuse and harm of individuals, through grooming, harassment and bullying, coexist with identity theft as examples of criminal behaviour that are, aggravated by the ready availability of personal information. This paper presents a Taxonomy of threat to be utilised when assessing risks to vulnerable individuals and concludes with a description of the application of our taxonomy to five social networking websites.
Atkinson S, Johnson C, Phippen AD