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Towards Transparency in Email Tracking

Maass, Max ; Schwär, Stephan ; Hollick, Matthias (2019)
Towards Transparency in Email Tracking.
7th Annual Privacy Forum (APF 2019). Rome, Italy (13.-14.06.2019)
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Zweitveröffentlichung

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Tracking technologies have become ubiquitous, not only on websites but also in email messages. However, while protection and transparency tools exist for the web, no such tools exist for email messages, thus obscuring privacy violations. We introduce the PrivacyMail platform to assist with the automated analysis of email messages. The platform automatically analyzes commercial mailing lists, making it easier to detect different forms of tracking. Our platform introduces transparency about the practices of companies, and serves as a tool for regulators, data protection professionals and consumers alike. Our preliminary results show widespread email tracking, where opening an email can result in information being sent to up to 13 third parties, in some cases disclosing the users' email address in the process.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2019
Autor(en): Maass, Max ; Schwär, Stephan ; Hollick, Matthias
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Towards Transparency in Email Tracking
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 7 Juni 2019
Verlag: Springer
Buchtitel: Privacy Technologies and Policy
Reihe: LNCS
Band einer Reihe: 11498
Veranstaltungstitel: 7th Annual Privacy Forum (APF 2019)
Veranstaltungsort: Rome, Italy
Veranstaltungsdatum: 13.-14.06.2019
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/8725
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Tracking technologies have become ubiquitous, not only on websites but also in email messages. However, while protection and transparency tools exist for the web, no such tools exist for email messages, thus obscuring privacy violations. We introduce the PrivacyMail platform to assist with the automated analysis of email messages. The platform automatically analyzes commercial mailing lists, making it easier to detect different forms of tracking. Our platform introduces transparency about the practices of companies, and serves as a tool for regulators, data protection professionals and consumers alike. Our preliminary results show widespread email tracking, where opening an email can result in information being sent to up to 13 third parties, in some cases disclosing the users' email address in the process.

URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-87257
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft > 004 Informatik
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Sichere Mobile Netze
DFG-Graduiertenkollegs
DFG-Graduiertenkollegs > Graduiertenkolleg 2050 Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users
Hinterlegungsdatum: 02 Jun 2019 19:55
Letzte Änderung: 13 Feb 2024 13:35
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