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A Conceptualization of Accountability as a Privacy Principle

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While accountability is increasingly discussed as a privacy principle, it is far from clear how to achieve privacy protection through accountability. Moreover, it is even unclear how to define accountability in this context. This paper provides a conceptualization of accountability for the context of privacy protection based upon a review of the literature. The presented literature review aims at identifying a minimal core of accountability for the context of privacy protection to provide a foundation for requirements analysis for accountability-centric privacy protection mechanisms.

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    Christian Zimmermann & Johana Cabinakova

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Zimmermann, C., Cabinakova, J. (2015). A Conceptualization of Accountability as a Privacy Principle. In: Abramowicz, W. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 228. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26762-3_23

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