The Exploitation of Web Navigation Data: Ethical Issues and Alternative Scenarios

Luca Vassio (), Hassan Metwalley () and Danilo Giordano ()
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Luca Vassio: Politecnico di Torino
Hassan Metwalley: Politecnico di Torino
Danilo Giordano: Politecnico di Torino

A chapter in Blurring the Boundaries Through Digital Innovation, 2016, pp 119-129 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Nowadays, the users’ browsing activity on the Internet is not completely private due to many entities that collect and use such data, either for legitimate or illegal goals. The implications are serious, from a person who exposes unconsciously his private information to an unknown third party entity, to a company that is unable to control its information to the outside world. As a result, users have lost control over their private data in the Internet. In this paper, we present the entities involved in users’ data collection and usage. Then, we highlight what are the ethical issues that arise for users, companies, scientists and governments. Finally, we present some alternative scenarios and suggestions for the entities to address such ethical issues.

Keywords: Privacy; Computer crimes; Ethics; Web navigation; Trackers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38974-5_10

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