Decentralized Systems for Privacy Preservation (Dagstuhl Seminar 13062)

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 13062 "Decentralized Systems for Privacy Preservation". In recent years, a number of concerns have risen about the existence of large, organizationally centralized online services (cloud services, online social networks, repositories, etc). The concerns include risks to users\u27 data from organizational failures and threats to user privacy. In this seminar, the organizers brought together a somewhat more diverse collection of theoreticians and practitioners from industry and academia including social scientists and economists. In keeping with the nature of the interdisciplinary attendees, the organizers also attempted a seminar organization structure intended to promote innovative, cross-discipline working. The results were mixed: some clear agenda setting outputs emerged with some less clear ones