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Privacy attitudes and privacy behaviour

Spyros Kokolakis
- 01 Jan 2017 - 
- Vol. 64, pp 122-134
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The results of a review of research literature on the privacy paradox are presented and it is suggested that future studies should use evidence of actual behaviour rather than self-reported behaviour, and call for synthetic studies to be based on comprehensive theoretical models that take into account the diversity of personal information and the Diversity of privacy concerns.
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This article is published in Computers & Security.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 706 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Information privacy & Privacy by Design.

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