Public attitudes towards privacy and surveillance in Croatia

Privacy Concern in Western Balkan Countries: Developing a Typology of Citizens

“…The developed typology of citizens reveals that public attitudes differ on the regional level if compared to similar national studies (Budak, Anić and Rajh, 2012;. This is understandable because country of residence stands as the most significant determinant of clustering citizens across the region.…”

“…The qualitative research prior to the construction of the survey questionnaire and pilot testing of the survey tool was conducted in Croatia in 2011 (Budak, Anić and Rajh, 2013). Identical questionnaires translated into national languages were employed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia in 2012.…”

“…Past research has identified different typologies of individuals regarding their attitudes towards privacy, data protection and surveillance (Haggerty and Gazso, 2005;Gandy, 2003;Wirtz, Lwin and Williams, 2007;Sheehan, 2002;Budak, Anić and Rajh, 2012;. Budak, Anić and Rajh (2013) identified three groups of individuals in Croatia: ''pro-surveillance'' oriented citizens, citizens concerned about being surveilled, and citizens concerned about data and privacy protection. They also found that the identified groups of citizens differ in demographics.…”

Citizens’ Online Surveillance Concerns in Croatia

“…and Anić (2015) published a comparative study of privacy and surveillance as experienced by citizens in Western Balkan post-communist countries. It had been preceded by a similar study for Croatia (Budak, Anić, and Rajh 2013), in which the authors identified three groups of Croatian citizens with different opinions: "pro-surveillance" oriented citizens; citizens concerned about being surveilled; and citizens concerned about data and privacy protection. The identified groups of citizens differed in age and level of education but no significant differences among groups were found with respect to gender, employment status, and household income.…”

“…The preliminary research of Budak, Anić, and Rajh (2013) traced the directions for further investigation. Four years later, the authors' research interests moved to surveillance concerns online, so in 2016 another survey on a larger sample of Croatian internet users only was conducted.…”