This synthesis lecture provides a survey of work on privacy in online social networks (OSNs). This work encompasses conc
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Table of contents :
Content: 1. Introduction --
2. A model for online social networks --
3. Types of privacy disclosure --
4. Statistical methods for inferring information in networks --
5. Anonymity and differential privacy --
6. Attacks and privacy-preserving mechanisms --
7. Models of information sharing --
8. Users' privacy risk --
9. Management of privacy settings.