Data Siphoning Across Borders: The Role of Internet Tracking

2019 First IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications (TPS-ISA) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.1109/TPS-ISA48467.2019.00028

Ashwini Rao, Juergen Pfeffer

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Abstract

We investigate the role of Internet tracking in siphoning users' personal data from one country to another. We use the term "siphon" to indicate a one-way channel that once set up will result in a continuous flow of personal information from the source to the destination. We conduct a web privacy measurement study using a Germany-Russia scenario; we collect and analyze tracker data from 12 mainstream news sites in Germany, 1000 top sites in Germany and Russia, and 1000000 top sites in the world. We identify five tracking patterns that can siphon data from users in Germany to Russia; two key parameters of the tracking patterns, distance-to-data and type-of-control, determine timeliness, accuracy and granularity of siphoned data. Results show that Russian trackers are widespread on German news sites. Lastly, we discuss the impact of data siphoning on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Analyses show that tracking patterns can facilitate siphoning of personal data across borders while subverting requirements of GDPR.

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跨越国界的数据虹吸:互联网追踪的作用

我们调查了互联网跟踪在将用户的个人数据从一个国家虹吸到另一个国家中的作用。我们使用术语“虹吸”来表示单向通道，一旦建立，将导致个人信息从源到目的地的连续流动。我们使用德国-俄罗斯场景进行了一项网络隐私测量研究;我们收集并分析了德国12家主流新闻网站、德国和俄罗斯1000家顶级网站以及全球100万家顶级网站的跟踪数据。我们确定了五种跟踪模式，可以将德国用户的数据吸到俄罗斯;跟踪模式的两个关键参数，即与数据的距离和控制类型，决定了虹吸数据的及时性、准确性和粒度。结果显示，俄罗斯跟踪器在德国新闻网站上很普遍。最后，我们讨论了数据虹吸对通用数据保护条例(GDPR)的影响。分析表明，追踪模式可以促进跨境个人数据的窃取，同时颠覆GDPR的要求。

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