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CIS 2005: Computational Intelligence and Security pp 55–61Cite as

A New Conceptual Framework Within Information Privacy: Meta Privacy

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When considering information security and privacy issues most of the attention has previously focussed on data protection and the privacy of personally identifiable information (PII). What is often overlooked is consideration for the operational and transactional data. Specifically, the security and privacy protection of metadata and metastructure information of computing environments has not been factored in to most methods. Metadata, or data about data, can contain many personal details about an entity. It is subject to the same risks and malicious actions personal data is exposed to. This paper presents a new perspective for information security and privacy. It is termed Meta Privacy and is concerned with the protection and privacy of information system metadata and metastructure details. We first present a formal definition for meta privacy, and then analyse the factors that encompass and influence meta privacy. In addition, we recommend some techniques for the protection of meta privacy within the information systems. Further, the paper highlights the importance of ensuring all informational elements of information systems are adequately protected from a privacy perspective.

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  1. School of Information Systems, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia

    Geoff Skinner, Song Han & Elizabeth Chang

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  1. Microelectronic Instiute, Xidian University, 710071, Xi’an, China

    Yue Hao

  2. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Jiming Liu

  3. School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, China

    Yu-Ping Wang

  4. Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong,  

    Yiu-ming Cheung

  5. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

    Hujun Yin

  6. Life Science Research Center, School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, 710071, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

    Licheng Jiao

  7. Key Laboratory of Computer Networks and Information Security(Ministry of Education), Xidian University, 710071, Xi’an, China

    Jianfeng Ma

  8. National Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology, Xidian University, 710071, Xi’an, Shanxi, P.R. China

    Yong-Chang Jiao

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Skinner, G., Han, S., Chang, E. (2005). A New Conceptual Framework Within Information Privacy: Meta Privacy. In: Hao, Y., et al. Computational Intelligence and Security. CIS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3802. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11596981_8

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