Urban sensing systems that use mobile phones enable individuals and communities to collect and share data with unprecedented speed, accuracy and granularity. But employing mobile handsets as sensor nodes poses new challenges for privacy, data security, and ethics. To address these challenges,...

For decades, the Codes of Fair Information Practice have served as a model for data privacy, protecting personal information collected by governments and corporations. But professional data management standards such as the Codes of Fair Information Practice do not take into account a world of...

Ubiquitious information systems hold increasing promise for widespread participation in datacollection and dissemination. Common and abundant devices such as mobile phones cansense and record data such as location, sound, and images. These systems can facilitatecommunity participation in basic...