A Privacy-Considerate Framework for Identity Management in Mobile Services Articles uri icon

authors

  • DEL ALAMO, JOSE M.
  • FERNANDEZ, ANTONIO M.
  • TRAPERO BURGOS, RUBEN
  • YELMO, JUAN C.
  • MONJAS, MIGUEL A.

publication date

  • August 2011

start page

  • 446

end page

  • 459

issue

  • 4

volume

  • 16

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1383-469X

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1572-8153

abstract

  • The subscribers' personal information and services that mobile operators are able to provide to Web developers offer new and exciting possibilities in numerous domains. However, bringing mobile information services to the Web to enable a new generation of mobile Web services presents several research challenges on identity and privacy management. In this paper, we describe a framework for identity management in mobile services that empowers users to govern the use and release of their personal information. Our framework is based on a brokering approach that intermediates between the mobile operator's information services and the Web service providers. By leveraging on Web services, identity management infrastructure and privacy enhancing technologies, our framework provides an effective, privacy-considerate delivery of services over the mobile Web environment. This paper describes the design principles and architecture of the framework as well as the feasibility, applicability and user-experience evaluation we have carried out.