Tutorial: Privacy for eDemocracy & eGovernment

Privacy has become an increasingly relevant topic in the field of social information systems. A recent book on Social Information Access (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90092-6_2) includes a chapter on this topic, authored by one the instructors of this tutorial. Arguably, privacy is all the more relevant in the fields of eGovernment and eDemocracy, which covers a wide array of sensitive topics such as eHealth, political discussion, and access to government services. Notably, eGovernment and eDemocracy applications increasingly gather tremendous amounts of user data as input to the democratic process, for political discussion, or for recommendation purposes. This data may pose a severe threat to user privacy, e.g. if accessed by untrusted parties, or used inappropriately. Hence, it is of paramount importance for system designers and service providers in eGovernment and eDemocracy to learn about ways to build systems that respect the privacy of their users. However, we count only two papers about privacy (including one by one of the instructors of this tutorial)at the three most recent installments of the ICEDEG conference! We therefore believe that it is time for a privacy-related tutorial at ICEDEG. In this tutorial, we overview the state of the art in online privacy and apply it to the fields of eGovernment and eDemocracy. We analyze common privacy risks imposed by eGovernment and eDemocracy systems, survey solutions, and discuss implications for users.