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Author: Matyja Lukas Adam <lukas.matyja@students.bfh.ch>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:24:25 +0200
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<p>
Two independent bachelor theses bring new privacy-focused features to GNU Taler.
Christian Blättler designed and implemented token-based subscriptions and discounts in Taler, while Lukas Matyja
- and Johannes Casabur's thesis introduces the Donau system, a new type of a donation authority system.
+ and Johannes Casaburi's thesis introduces the Donau system, a new type of a donation authority system.
</P>
<h2>Privacy-preserving Subscriptions and Discounts</h2>
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</p>
<h2>Donau - Tax Deductable Donations with Privacy</h2>
-
<p>
- The Donau system is a new type of a donation authority system. It is free software with focus on privacy and
- anonymity. It depends on the code of the GNU Taler environment, but is completely independent of the Taler payment
- system.
-
- The verifiability of the donations receipts eliminates tax fraud. Furthermore, the new possibility to combine donation
- receipts increases the user convenience of the Donor and tax auditor.
-
- More detailed information about the topic can be found in the
- <a href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git/plain/doc/thesis/thesis.pdf">bachelor thesis</a>. To get an overview it is
- recommended to watch the corresponding <a href="">video</a>.
+This project describes the design of a privacy-preserving donation
+system. The central entity in the design is the donation authority
+(Donau) which was implemented in free software in the context of the
+GNU Taler project. While implemented primarily for GNU Taler, the
+system could in principle work with other payment systems.
+</p>
+<p>
+Providing evidence of charitable donations for tax deductions often requires
+sensitive personal information, raising privacy concerns.
+Donors may wish to anonymize receipts while still being able to make
+legitimate donations to recognized charities. On the other side tax authorities
+may wish to better prevent donation fraud with verifiable signatures.
+Deductions for unrecognized charities or failure to deduct valid foreign
+donations also occur. A system allowing anonymous yet verifiable donation
+receipts would address these issues. The Donau would be operated by a tax
+authority. The Donau backend
+implements a REST API used primarily by charities and donors. It
+maintains a list of recognized charities, enabling tax authorities to
+audit the total amount of donation receipts each charity is
+issuing. Upon making a donation to one of the charities the donor
+receives a <i>donation receipt</i> which will be stored locally on
+the donor’s device. Throughout this process neither the charity nor
+the Donau obtains any identifiable information about the donor,
+thus enabling anonymous donations. To simplify the verification for
+the tax authority, the donor needs to submit their donation receipts
+to the Donau at the end of the year. At that time, the Donau can
+combine the individual donation receipts in one final annual
+<i>donation statement</i>. Upon request of the tax authority, the
+donor can provide this donation statement to the tax authority which
+can check its validity and can then approve the tax deduction.
+</p>
+<h3>Introduction video</h3>
+<p>
+ <video id="video" poster="/videos/donau-thumbnail.png" autobuffer="" height="360" width="640"
+ controls="controls">
+ <source src="/videos/donau-video.mp4" type="video/mp4" \>
+ </video>
+</p>
- The source code can be found in the public <a href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git">git repository</a>.
+<h3>Supplemental material</h3>
+<p>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="https://docs.taler.net/core/api-donau.html">Donau API</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/pdf/donau-poster.pdf" target="_blank">Donau poster</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/papers/donau-thesis.pdf" target="_blank">Bachelor's thesis</a></li>
+</ul>
</p>
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