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A Greek (privacy) tragedy: the introduction of social security numbers in Greece

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Eleni Gessiou,

Alexandros Labrinidis,

Sotiris IoannidisAuthors Info & Claims

WPES '09: Proceedings of the 8th ACM workshop on Privacy in the electronic society

Pages 101 - 104

https://doi.org/10.1145/1655188.1655203

Published: 09 November 2009 Publication History

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We highlight the privacy issues that have arisen from the introduction of the Greek Social Security Number (AMKA), in connection with the availability of personally identifiable information on Greek web sites. In particular, we identify privacy problems with the current AMKA setup and present data from a web study we conducted in May 2009, exposing these problems. Given the anticipated ubiquity of AMKA in Greece in the future, along the lines of the Social Security Number in the US.

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A Greek (privacy) tragedy: the introduction of social security numbers in Greece
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WPES '09: Proceedings of the 8th ACM workshop on Privacy in the electronic society

November 2009

130 pages

ISBN:9781605587837

DOI:10.1145/1655188

General Chair:
Ehab Al-Shaer
De Paul University, USA
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Program Chair:
Stefano Paraboschi
Università di Bergamo, Italy

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