Preserving Privacy¶
- Web browsing history
- Server-side logs
- Referer
- Browser tells webpage from which webpage you came
<meta name="referrer" content="none" />Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
- Fingerprinting
- Profiling user using request characteristics
- User-Agent
- Browser
- Operating System
- Display resolution
- Timezone
- IDK
- Cookies
- Session Cookies: usually harmless, but not safe from physical snooping
- Tracking Cookies: disable
- Third-Party Cookies: disable
- Supercookies: no solution
- Tracking Query Parameters: remove them
- LocalStorage is preferred
- Cookies
- DNS: Domain Name System
- ISP (Internet Service Provider) can see what domain you are looking for
- DoH: DNS over HTTPS
- DoT: DNS over TLS
Solutions¶
- Incognito: Private Browsing
- Strict privacy permissions
- VPN
- Tor
Data Protection¶
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
| Aspect | Meaning | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiability | Reduce and safeguard identifiable data components as much as possible | De-Identification Techniques - Anonymization - Pseudonymization |
| Safeguarding practices - Data Encryption - Secure servers - Storage Location | ||
| Data Minimization | Limit data collection and duration of storage to only what is required to fulfill specific purpose | Right to be Forgotten |
| Notice and Consent | Prepare clear notice and consent communication to data subjects | Consent - Voluntary - Informed - Competent |
| ## Class of Data |
| Sensitive | Genetic Biometric Health Race Ethnicity Political affiliation Religious affiliation |
| Personal | Name Home address Location IP address |
| Non-Personal | Generalized data Aggregated data Data collected by govt bodies |