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Author: J.C. Cannon
ISBN : 0321617770
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When you are on a Web site you don't know well, and you are asked to complete an online form, if you are like most people you immediately weigh in your mind issues of how private the information you provide will be kept. Studies have shown that 64% of consumers have left a Web site because of concerns about privacy, and that online retailers lose $6.2 billion a year in sales because of privacy issues. Lack of privacy conditions in building an application or a web site is a liability; conversely, a web site where the consumer feels that their privacy will be guarded is a competitive advantage. In our securityconscious world privacy is a topic of concern right up there with identity theft and spam. Yet until now there has not been one source of information for developers on how to develop applications and web sites that will take into consideration privacy concerns. JC Cannon draws upon the experience he has learned from his role in the corporate privacy group at Microsoft to give developers a complete guide to including privacy in their development process. It covers topics such as spam, digital rights management, the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) project, and protecting database data.
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- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (October 1, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321617770
- ISBN-13: 978-0321617774
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Free Privacy: What Developers and IT Professionals Should Know
I recently received a copy of Privacy: What Developers and IT Professionals Should Know by J. C. Cannon (Addison-Wesley). This is a good book that does an excellent job in delivering to the target audience.
Chapter list: An Overview Of Privacy; The Importance of Privacy-Enhancing and Privacy-Aware Technologies; Privacy Legislation; Managing Windows Privacy; Managing Spam; Privacy-Invasive Devices; Building a Privacy Organizational Infrastructure; The Privacy Response Center; Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P); Integrating Privacy in the Development Process; Performing a Privacy Analysis; A Sample Privacy-Aware Application; Protecting Database Data; Managing Access to Data: A Coding Example; Digital Rights Management; Privacy Section for a Feature Specification; Privacy Review Template; Data Analysis Template; List of Privacy Content; Privacy Checklist; Privacy Standard; References; Index
In today's environment, nearly every aspect of your daily existence touches data processing systems in some way. And if you surf the web, you know you are constantly being asked for personal and demographic information. But all too often, privacy issues related to all this information are not addressed in a secure, consistent methodology. Because of that, you stand a good chance of having far more personal information released to 3rd parties than you may be comfortable with. This book will help you become aware of the issues and build solid systems and processes that protect that privacy.
The first part of the book shows you how to secure your own privacy when you're working with computers.
I give the book 5 stars for making a complex subject both accessible and interesting, for communicating the urgency of addressing privacy issues, and for supplying the information IT professionals and developers need to build privacy functionalities into the solutions they create and deliver. This book will be most useful for US readers as expectations and laws vary across the world.
There are two questions an organization should ask about privacy: What is the cost of implementing a privacy program and what is the potential cost of not implementing a privacy program. Cannon's book will appeal as much to managers and executives responsible for knowing the answers to those questions.
The first third of the book provides an overview of privacy legislation and of technologies that are either privacy-enhancing or privacy-invasive, with suggestions for how to protect oneself from privacy intrusion. Chapter 4 is devoted to the subject of managing privacy for Windows products which can be helpful to administrators and consumers. It covers the privacy settings for XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Office 2003, and Windows Media Player 9. Consumers and privacy advocates alike will find a wealth of information here about what privacy technologies exist and how to use them.
In the next fifty pages, Cannon discusses how to build a privacy organizational infrastructure and a privacy response center; and the reminder of the 350-page book is devoted to walking developers through the steps necessary to actually build privacy functionalities into their solutions. It is here that Cannon delves into more technical topics of interest to developers building privacy-enhancing technologies and to companies looking to include privacy awareness into the way products are built.