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Cover Theme: Privacy and Data Protection

The importance of privacy and data protection has been increasing in parallel to information and communication technologies becoming ever more pervasive. Whether it is online banking, air travel, or social networking – ICT is permeating all aspects of our social life.

This issue of Eurescom mess@ge explores the challenges, but also the opportunities involved in managing and protecting private data.

Privacy and data protection in the EU
The introductory article by Eurescom mess@ge editor-in-chief Milon Gupta provides an overview on some of the issues and developments regarding privacy and data protection in Europe.

Privacy and identity management - Opportunities for telecoms network operators
The article by Ricardo Azevedo Pereira from Portugal Telecom Inovação highlights technological trends and issues in identity management and discusses opportunities for telecoms network operators.

Interview with European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx on data privacy in Europe
In an exclusive interview, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx shares his views on important data privacy questions in Europe and the requirements for the EU’s new data protection framework.

Privacy by Design - An industry perspective on the challenges and opportunities of privacy
Aljosa Pasic from Atos, who is also board member of the European Organisation for Security, presents an industry perspective on privacy issues, with a particular focus on the concept of Privacy by Design.

Android security - Securing Android based devices
Dr. Matthias Baumgart from Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories provides a report on the results of Eurescom study on how to secure devices based on the Android operating system

Further highlights

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