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You are where you’ve been |
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Technological threats to your location privacy |
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Authorised By :: School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
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Usman is currently a doctoral candidate at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. His area of research is Privacy-aware Automotive Telematics where he seeks an understanding of ‘locational privacy’ and the importance of designing privacy-respecting technology solutions. He also holds a Masters and Bachelors degree in Computer Science. Prior to post-graduate studies, Usman has worked in industry as a Software Engineer for 2 years.
He is also a board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation. |
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Privacy-aware telematics technologies—GPS enabled insurance and social issues
Abstract Mobility-pricing is one of the avenues leading to the information highway. Using a combination of positioning, communication and information processing, automobile insurance can be priced based on actual mileage of the vehicle. Vehicle’s GPS positions are periodically and electronically transmitted to a central facility where total distance travelled is computed to generate distance-based insurance premiums. The storage and retention of this data raises various privacy issues and could possibly be used to reveal the social activities, driving patterns, speed just before or after an incident etc. This presentation highlights issues related with profiling of GPS data, presents privacy-respecting design alternatives for GPS-enabled insurance products and also reports the results of a survey conducted with positioning experts about their ‘willingness to pay’ for designs which offer higher privacy measures with an associated financial benefits compared to classical motor insurance. |
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Usman Iqbal
PhD Candidate , UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems |
