- From: Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:50:19 -0500
- To: Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>
- Cc: W3C provenance WG <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
I think it is a great description and would be happy to see it included. Regards, Tim On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org> wrote: > I'm working through some outstanding TODO issues in PROV-AQ. > > There are some notes for discussion of potential privacy concerns. Based on these notes, I've drafted the following, which might be controversial: > > [[ > Provenance information may provide a route for leakage of privacy-related information, combining as it does a diversity of information types with possible personally-identifying information; e.g. editing timestamps may provide clues to the working patterns of document editors, or derivation traces might indicate access to sensitive materials. In particular, note that the fact that a resource is openly accessible does not mean that its provenance information should also be. When publishing provenance, its sensitivity should be considered and appropriate access controls applied where necessary. When a provenance-aware publishing service accepts some resource for publication, the contributors should have some opportunity to review and correct or conceal any provenance information that they don't wish to be exposed. > ]] > > Are there any objections to this? > > #g > >
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