Towards a decentralized data privacy protocol for self-sovereignty in the digital world

arXiv:2404.12837v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A typical user interacts with many digital services nowadays, providing these services with their data. As of now, the management of privacy preferences is service-centric: Users must manage their privacy preferences according to the rules of each service provider, meaning that every provider offers its unique mechanisms for users to control their privacy settings. However, managing privacy preferences holistically (i.e., across multiple digital services) is just impractical. In this vision paper, we propose a paradigm …

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