Web Privacy with P3P (Paperback)

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Web Privacy with P3P explains the P3P protocol and shows web site developers how to configure their sites for P3P compliance. Author Lorrie Faith Cranor, chair of the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) Specification Working Group at the W3C and co-author of the P3P1.0 specification, explains the inner workings of the P3P protocol while maintaining a hands-on implementation approach. The book begins with an introduction to P3P and an overview of online privacy concerns and the laws governing online privacy. Cranor discusses existing privacy technology, such as encryption tools, filters and identity management tools. Next, the book shows you how to P3P-enable your own site. Among the many topics covered are:

• P3P deployment steps
• P3P policy syntax
• Creating P3P policies
• Creating and referencing policy reference files
• Data schemas
Full of examples and case studies, Web Privacy with P3P delivers practical advice and insider tips. Software developers, privacy consultants, corporate decision-makers, lawyers, public policy-makers, and any individual interested in online privacy issues will find this book a necessary reference.

About the Author

Lorrie Faith Cranor is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Computer Science and in the Engineering and Public Policy Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She is director of the CMU Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS). She came to CMU in December 2003 after seven years at AT&T Labs-Research. Cranor's research has focused on a variety of areas where technology and policy issues interact, including online privacy, electronic voting, and spam. She is chair of the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) Specification Working Group at the World Wide Web Consortium and author of the book Web Privacy with P3P (O'Reilly, 2002). She served as general chair of the 2005 Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS). In 2003, she was named one of the top 100 innovators 35 or younger by Technology Review magazine. Cranor spends most of her free time with her husband and her three children, but sometimes she finds time to play the tenor saxophone or design and create award-winning quilts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (September 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596003714
• ISBN-13: 978-0596003715
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,438,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to the upcoming web privacy standard, February 5, 2003

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This book provides policy makers, marketing professionals, and technologists a standard to implement the privacy infrastructure leveraging on the usage of P3P in Internet explorer 6.