Virtual Identity and Privacy - VIP

Virtual Identity and Privacy - VIP, is a lab from Hochschule für Technik und Informatik HTI (School of Engineering and Information Technology of Berne University).

VIP takes care of all the subjects that deal with Identity and Privacy. It stands between the Computer Science Department and the Mathematics Department.

VIP is a member of Fidis. FIDIS (Future of Identity in the Information Society) is a NoE (Network of Excellence) supported by the European Union under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development within the Information Society Technologies (IST) priority in the Action Line: "Towards a global dependability and security framework".

VIP's website provides a lot of reports and brochures about privacy:


Special issue of TILT on the "Impact of new technologies on privacy and data protection". D.-O. Jaquet-Chiffelle is the editor of a special issue of TILT on the "Impact of new technologies on privacy and data protection".

Editorial(pdf: 127Ko)
Table of content(pdf: 62Ko)
Special Issue(pdf: 2.4Mo)