Greater protection for credit card holders: A revised SET protocol

Jing Jang Hwang*, Sue Chen Hsueh

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

MasterCard International and VISA International recently proposed the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol. Constrained by being an extension of the existing card payment networks to the Internet, SET does not satisfy the concern about privacy infringement, in particular, caused by data aggregation. This paper revises SET, guided by the principle of information segregation and hiding. The revision allows cardholders to take part in account reporting, and offers them a credit card surrogate to conceal their credit card identification in the electronic marketplace. The result is a successful counter to privacy infringement in both the small scope of a transaction and the much broader scope of data aggregation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalComputer Standards and Interfaces
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Credit card
  • Data aggregation
  • Electronic commerce
  • Payment system
  • Privacy
  • Public-key certificate

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