In this thesis we consider how user-generated content that is assembled by different popular Web portals can be exploited for Multilingual Information Retrieval. We define the knowledge that can be derived from such portals as Social Semantics. We present to approaches, Cross-lingual Explicit...

Die Beziehung zum Kunden r?ckt immer mehr in den Mittelpunkt unternehmerischer Entscheidungen. Dies spiegelt sich nicht nur in aktuellen Gesch?ftsberichten und Pressemitteilungen zahlreicher Unternehmen wider (vgl. z. B. AXA Konzern AG, 2007; Deutsche Telekom AG, 2007; Commerzbank AG, 2007; Siemens AG,...

Purpose: Information Privacy is becoming an increasingly important field of research with many new definitions and terminologies. Along similar rates of increase are the use, uptake and expansion of Collaborative Environments. There is a need for a better understanding and classification of...

Information privacy in an information age is a paradoxical issue, especially with the recentinnovations of the Internet. Social networking sites collect a great deal of personal informationabout their users. Previous studies regarding both traditional and online commercial marketplaceprivacy...

While banking system of Kazakhstan has been reformed during the past two decades to transition to the international standards, privacy of financial information seems to be left neglected. With the advent of the technological era and, hence, the rapid growth of computer crime, privacy of...

Privacy has always been a respected value regardless of national borders, cultural differences, and time in every society throughout history. This study focuses on the unprecedented changes in the traditional forms of privacy and consequent concerns with regard to invasion of privacy along with...

Smart meters are being rolled out in large numbers throughout the world, with proponents claiming they are a critical step in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Yet there are significant unresolved negative reactions to smart meters, principally based on the concern that smart meters might...

This report is the outcome of the Schuman Programme project undertaken by the Banco de España to study how the ESCB/SSM institutions have interpreted the most important aspects of the GDPR. It takes stock of the information received through a questionnaire on the implementation of the GDPR in...

In dieser Arbeit werden die Mšglichkeiten sicherer Ausgliederung von Datenbanken und inhaltsbasiertem Routing an einen nicht voll vertrauenswŸrdigen Dienstanbieter betrachtet. Wir untersuchen die Grenzen der Sicherheit, die in diesem Szenario erreicht werden kšnnen. Sicherheit wird dabei...