Privacy Enhancing Technologies Security and Cryptology : Springer : 9783540706298 : 3540706291 : 14 Jul 2008 : The 8thPrivacyEnhancing TechnologiesSymposium washeldat the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven during July 23?25,2008.This year completed the transition from workshop to symposium, with a printed proceedings published before the symposium. PETS remains a premier venue for publishing original research on privacy-enhancing technologies. PETS received 48 submissions, each of which wasreviewedbyatleastfourmembersoftheProgramCommittee.Thirteenwere accepted into the program, maintaining the selective and competitive nature of the event. The program also included a keynote address by Stuart Shapiro. A new feature this year was the HotPETs session, designed to balance the desire for rigorous scienti?c quality of the PETS program and the need for a venue to present work that is not yet fully developed. HotPETs accepted s- missions on the hottest, most exciting new ideas and put together an