Identity is now a key issue for citizens, business and state. The journal will explore the developing relationships between identity, security and privacy in an information-intensive society.

The questions that are raised in this area are many and pressing. Should there be an absolute single identity for all social purposes or might people legitimately deploy different identities in their everyday lives? Can identity management be reconciled with notions of privacy that prevailed in a pre-digital age, or does privacy need re-defining for the current era? How far should state bureaucracies have unfettered access to personal information in order to maximise returns from eGovernment systems that interoperate across departmental boundaries? What technologies are emerging that could revolutionise the interface of conflict between information harvesting and the maintenance of security and privacy? How can new advances in technology in this area be exploited, and what impact might these developments have on our sense of identity and expectations of privacy? In the name of better marketing or more efficient delivery of goods and services, can we and should we relentlessly track physical persons, their financial transactions, and their health?

These phenomena deserve in-depth study, and this journal provides a forum for advancement in research approaches and learning. We invite research papers ranging across different disciplinary areas, reflecting the broad nature of the topic with its interwoven concerns of law, technology, and information systems alongside other social, political and management issues.

Some themes that are of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

	Evaluating emerging identity-related technologies for their impact on privacy and security
	Information risk and security issues arising with the interoperability of identity management systems
	The changing concepts of identity and privacy in the digital era
	Case studies of identity management in particular sectors, such as ehealth, egovernment, ecommerece
	Legal and regulatory issues of identity: cross-national comparisons and reviews
	Profiling: the possibilities and trade-offs for business, citizens and the state
	Effectiveness of biometric systems on national and multi-national scales

Submit your research online for these forthcoming special issues.
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Guest Editor:

Thierry Nabeth, INSEAD, France

Submission of full papers – 15 November 2008
Review returned – 7 February 2009
Submission of revised papers – 17 April 2009
Final decision by editors – May 2009

Guest Editor:

Dora Varvarigou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Submission of full papers – 12 December 2008
Review returned – 10 April 2009
Submission of revised papers – 19 June 2009
Final decision by editors – August 2009