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A UML Profile for Privacy-Aware Data Lifecycle Models

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Computer Security (SECPRE 2017, CyberICPS 2017)

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Abstract

Concerns over data-processing activities that may lead to privacy violations or harms have motivated the development of legal frameworks and standards to govern the processing of personal data. However, it is widely recognised that there is a disconnect between policy-makers’ intentions and software engineering reality. The Abstract Personal Data Lifecycle (APDL) model, which was proposed to serve as an abstract model for personal data life-cycles, distinguishes between the main operations that can be performed on personal data during its lifecycle by outlining the various distinct activities for each operation. We show how the APDL can be represented in terms of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The profile is illustrated via a realistic case study.

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    Personal data, by its nature, is considered sensitive data when it is related to special categories, including racial or ethnic origin, etc. [23].

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Alshammari, M., Simpson, A. (2018). A UML Profile for Privacy-Aware Data Lifecycle Models. In: Katsikas, S., et al. Computer Security. SECPRE CyberICPS 2017 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10683. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72817-9_13

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