Privacy preserving electronic petitions

Claudia Diaz, Eleni Kosta, Hannelore Dekeyser, Markulf Kohlweiss, Girma Nigusse
2008 Identity in the Information Society  
We present the design of a secure and privacy preserving epetition system that we have implemented as a proof-of-concept demonstrator. We use the Belgian e-ID card as source of authentication, and then proceed to issue an anonymous credential that is used to sign petitions. Our system ensures that duplicate signatures are detectable, while preserving the anonymity of petition signers. We analyze the privacy and security requirements of our application, present an overview of its architecture,
more » ... d discuss the applicability of data protection legislation to our system.
doi:10.1007/s12394-009-0012-8 fatcat:5iwfwrmvpfhxhjrrf5olfiu4pi