User Privacy and Anonymity

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Introduction.

A third variant of privacy includes the ability of a customer to engage in communications without disclosing their true idenity. Anonymity may also be linked with rights to free expression in some jurisdictions - viewed as an enhancement of those rights. However, achieving anonymity in practice is both costly and often at odds with a multitude of other legal and regulatory requirements, including other consumer privacy requirements. In addition, the evidence discovery process in civil litigation, as well as potential culpability in criminal proceedings are examples of recent juridical mandates that dissuade providers from supporting anonymity capabilities for consumers.