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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2016.26.3.701

Study on Privacy in the IPTV Broadcasting Service  

Lee, Jinhyuk (Center for Information Security Technologies(CIST), Korea University)
Kim, Seungjoo (Center for Information Security Technologies(CIST), Korea University)
Abstract
The number of subscriber of digital pay TV service such as Digital Cable TV and IPTV is increasing from various kind of service provider world widely. These services require personal information of users to provide VOD(Video on Demand) and customized contents. Therefore, massive amount of personal information collected by service provider can cause social confusion such as leakage of privacy and property damage. This paper investigates whether broadcasting stations are providing enough notification for privacy policy and methodology of collecting private information in proper way. Furthermore, we analyze actual network traffic of IPTV service between user and service provider to suggest solution of privacy protection along with current status analysis.
Keywords
Digital Pay-TV; IPTV; Privacy;
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