Privacy is the ability of individuals to seclude themselves or information about themselves. The right to privacy is a fundamental right, laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights, most European Constitutions, and, amongst others, the Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data.
Privacy can be seen as an aspect of security — one in which trade-offs between the interests of one group and another can become particularly clear. [Source: Wikipedia]
The challenge of ICT is to finding new business models and tools, e.g. user-centered content, personalised services etc. but at the same time safeguarding the right of privacy.
Privacy is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p. 15, 18, 19, 23, 63, 67, 71, 82) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 1:Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Objective ICT-2011.1.2 Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering
a) Cloud Computing
Objective ICT-2011.1.3 Internet-connected objects
b) Adaptive software supporting data acquisition
Objective ICT-2011.1.4 Trustworthy ICT
a) Heterogeneous networked, service and computing environments.
b) Trust, eIdentity and Privacy management infrastructures.
Objective ICT-2011.1.6 Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE)
d) FIRE Science
> Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Objective ICT-2011.5.1: Personal Health Systems (PHS)
c) One Coordination and Support Action
Objective ICT-2011.5.3 Patient Guidance Services (PGS), safety and healthcare record information reuse
a) Patient guidance services (PGS) for personalised management of health status
Objective ICT-2011.5.5 ICT for smart and personalised inclusion
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
Objective ICT-2011.6.7 Cooperative Systems for energy efficient and sustainable mobility
