Inc. See the permissions statement below. This article derives from a position statement prepared for the Workshop on Strategic Directions in Computing Research . With rapid advancements in computer and network technology, an organization can collect, store, and retrieve vast amounts of data of all kinds quickly and efficiently. At the same time, these large information systems represent a threat to the privacy of individuals since they contain a great amount of detail about them.
Privacy protection is both a personal and fundamental right of all individuals.
Individuals have a right to expect that organizations will keep personal information confidential. One way to ensure this is to require that organizations collect, maintain, use, and disseminate identifiable personal information and data only as necessary to carry out their functions. Availability, which is concerned with improper denial of access to information. Less well known are the basic principles for achieving information privacy. Integrity is concerned with maintaining information on individuals that is correct, complete, and timely.