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Both “privacy” and “security” have a variety of meanings that are relevant to ISIPS. Inadvertently mixing these meanings can lead to confusion. We will communicate more effectively, and avoid needless misunderstandings, if we make it clear which meanings we intend in each context. This paper discusses several constellations of meanings and suggests key questions whose answers will more precisely define the kind of “privacy” and the kind of “security” that we are referring to.
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Horning, J.J. (2009). Words Matter: Privacy, Security, and Related Terms. In: Gal, C.S., Kantor, P.B., Lesk, M.E. (eds) Protecting Persons While Protecting the People. ISIPS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5661. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10233-2_6
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