Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet

Buchanan, Tom; Paine, Carina; Joinson, Adam; Reips, Ulf‐Dietrich

doi:10.1002/asi.20459

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“…The second scale acquired from the previous research aimed to measure protection behavior [10]. It consisted of 12 items, 6 measuring a general privacy caution and 6 measuring technical protection [10].…”

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“…It consisted of 12 items, 6 measuring a general privacy caution and 6 measuring technical protection [10]. To ensure consistency we modified the scale, and instead of Likert scale, we applied range scores.…”

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“…Overall, the results contribute to further understanding of people's privacy attitudes and behaviors. According to Westin, privacy concern is the intention to protect personal information from others [10]. Thus it carries a negative weight and should result in preventive or protective actions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regardless of the coherent nature of this scale, it seems to be an organization-and consumer-oriented, as authors put it, IUIPC is representation of online consumers' concerns for information privacy. Buchanan et al developed another privacy concerns scale, measuring individual privacy issues, asking directly about concerns, for instance regarding personality theft, access to medical records etc [10].…”

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Is It Harmful? Re-examining Privacy Concerns

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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. The increased popularity of interconnected devices, which we rely on when performing day-to-day activities expose people to various privacy harms. This paper presents findings from the empirical investigation of privacy concerns. The study revealed that people, regardless of their diversity, perceive privacy harms as generic and simplified models, not individually as suggested in Solove's framework. Additionally, the results identified differences in privacy concerns related to information disclosure, protection behavior, and demographics. The findings may benefit privacy and system designers, ensuring that policies and digital systems match people's privacy expectations, decreasing risks and harms.

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“…Many opinion polls report that although the overwhelming majority of people claim to be concerned about their privacy, most people in fact do very little to protect it 1 . This paradox is often explained by stating that people lack information, that they don't know the degree to which their information is being collected, and that they are unaware of the potentially harmful consequences of this practice (e.g., [14]).…”

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Privacy Risk Perceptions and Privacy Protection Strategies

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Leenes

The International Federation for Information Processing

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Abstract. Several opinion polls have reported that many people claim to be concerned about their privacy, yet that most people in fact do very little to protect their privacy. Are privacy concerns indeed insufficient motivators to adopt privacy protection strategies? What then characterizes the users of these strategies? On the basis of a large scale survey amongst Dutch students, this paper explores the relation between privacy risk perception and privacy protection strategies in more detail. It elaborates on factors that constitute privacy risk perception, as well as three kinds of strategies adopted by individuals to protect their privacy: behavioral measures, common privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), and more complex PETs. Next, it explores the relation between the respondents' perception and the strategies they employ in more detail to answer the question what characteristics the users of the various strategies have in terms of perception, gender and age. Gender appears not to influence privacy risk perception, yet men are more familiar with the various privacy protection strategies and use them more of-ten than women. In general, a higher privacy risk perception does not lead to the adoption of stronger or more protection strategies, except for the use of pseudonyms, cookie crunchers, anonymous email, safe email, and providing false personal data. Our analysis deepens the understanding of privacy risk perception and privacy protection strategies, yet leaves the privacy paradox unresolved.

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Online Health Information Exchange and Privacy

Börsting¹

2022

The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication

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Exchanging personal data and disclosing one's self to others on the Internet is an integral part of everyday life for many users. Social media especially provides many opportunities for exchanging and sharing personal and sometimes even intimate data. Increasingly, users also exchange health information (e.g., concerning physical fitness or even diseases) with other users and institutions, which can bring several positive but also negative outcomes. Advantages of online health information exchange can involve receiving information, social support, or diagnoses independent of time and location. Disadvantages occur if users' privacy is threatened. Users might feel uncomfortable when their private data are not treated confidentially by other users or third parties, which might lead to negative emotions, decreased intention of using online healthcare services in the future, or even serious privacy breaches. Users' willingness to share personal health‐related information via Internet‐based systems depends on the expected positive and negative outcomes related to contextual (e.g., platform) and personal (e.g., concerns) factors. Since health information contains sensitive data, the willingness to exchange such data is always related to users' experienced and actual level of privacy. Analyzing the processes of online health information exchange against the background of users' privacy is valuable for the understanding of users' needs and provides a foundation for improving online healthcare services.

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Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet

Cited by 403 publications

References 21 publications

Is It Harmful? Re-examining Privacy Concerns

Is It Harmful? Re-examining Privacy Concerns

Privacy Risk Perceptions and Privacy Protection Strategies

Online Health Information Exchange and Privacy

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