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Tactic: Privacy violation

Tactic sort: Dark Tactic
Type: Unsustainable Pattern
Category: cloud-computing
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Title

Privacy violation

Description

The characteristics of cloud computing (e.g., remote data storage, platform sharing, service dynamic change, just to mention a few) make privacy protection particularly challenging. Privacy violation, however, regularly occurs purposely, when cloud providers e.g., do not comply with enterprise policies or legislation, or force/persuade users to give personal information against their will.

Participant

end-user, cloud-user, cloud-provider

Related artifact

Cloud services

Context

Normal operation

Feature

Data storage and utilization metadata

Tactic intent

Violating user privacy (e.g., for marketing purposes, unauthorized monitoring)

Intent measure

Private-data-leak frequency and degree of seriousness

Countermeasure

Due to the many recent scandals in various ICT industries, countermeasures are fast emerging, e.g., legislation. Another example would be to give back to users the power to decide what to share.

Source

*The Dark Side of Cloud and Edge Computing* by Klervie Toczé, Maël Madon, Muriel Garcia and Patricia Lago (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.9422c084)


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  • Contact person
  • Patricia Lago (VU Amsterdam)
  •  disc at vu.nl
  •  patricialago.nl

The Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics (AADT) is an initiative of the Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC). It received funding from the VU Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, and is maintained by the S2 Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Initial development of the Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics by Robin van der Wiel