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Trust-based information system architecture for personal wellness.

Pekka Ruotsalainen¹, Pirkko Nykänen¹, Antto Seppälä¹

¹University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences, Finland.

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|August 28, 2014

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This study introduces a new model and architecture for managing personal health information privacy in ubiquitous systems. It allows users to dynamically assess service provider trustworthiness and create tailored privacy policies for secure health data use.

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Information Security
Ubiquitous Computing

Background:

Modern eHealth and wellness systems operate in inherently insecure environments lacking predefined trust.
Managing personal health information privacy is critical in ubiquitous computing settings.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel information model and architecture for trust-based privacy management of personal health and wellness data.
To enable individuals to dynamically assess service provider trustworthiness and formulate personalized privacy policies.

Main Methods:

Utilized focus groups and information modeling to develop a wellness information model.
Employed a system analysis method for developing the information system architecture, integrating privacy and trust concerns.
Developed a novel set of measurable, context-aware, and health information-sensitive attributes for trust calculation.

Main Results:

The proposed architecture allows individuals to calculate dynamic, context-aware trust values for service providers.
Users can design personalized privacy policies based on calculated trust and specific context.
The system supports situation-aware policies for regulating the processing of health and wellness information.

Conclusions:

The developed architecture provides a robust framework for trust-based privacy management in ubiquitous health systems.
Empowers individuals with granular control over their personal health data in diverse digital environments.
Facilitates trustworthy use of health and wellness services through dynamic policy formulation.