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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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The privacy paradox Investigating discrepancies between expressed privacy concerns and actual online behavior A systematic literature review

TL;DR: The overall findings of the systematic literature review will investigate the nature of decision-making (rational vs. irrational) and the context in which the privacy paradox takes place, with a special focus on mobile computing.
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Explaining the privacy paradox: A systematic review of literature investigating privacy attitude and behavior

TL;DR: The privacy research community is suggested to agree on a shared definition of the different privacy constructs to allow for conclusions beyond individual samples and study designs, and provide strong evidence for the theoretical explanation approach called ‘privacy calculus’.
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Online self-disclosure

TL;DR: It is shown how a privacy breach has less weight in everyday choices than more concrete and psychologically-near social networking activities and the implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Making Transparency Transparent: The Evolution of Observation in Management Theory

TL;DR: The current popularity of the term "transparency" provides the occasion for a thorough review, which finds a shift in the object of observation from organizational outcomes to the detailed individual activities within them, a shift from people observing the technology to technology observing people, and a split in the field, with managers viewing observation almost entirely from the observer's perspective as discussed by the authors.
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Valuating privacy

TL;DR: It is found with great significance that a linear relationship exists between an individual's belief about a trait and the value he or she places on it, and the less desirable the trait, the greater the price a person demands for releasing the information.
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Privacy concerns and identity in online social networks

TL;DR: It is found that users tend to reduce the Amount of information disclosed as a response to their concerns regarding Organizational Threats, and become more conscious about the information they reveal as a result of Social Threats.
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Disclosure Antecedents in an Online Service Context: The Role of Sensitivity of Information

TL;DR: This article used prospect theory to examine willingness to disclose in an online service context, and found that greater sensitivity of information requested produces weaker effects of customization benefits but stronger effects of information control and online privacy concern.
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Cultural and generational influences on privacy concerns: a qualitative study in seven European countries

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how European citizens decide to disclose and protect their personal data and reveal cultural and generational divides, revealing that people regard disclosure differently in the south (as a choice) and east (as forced) of Europe.
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Unwillingness to pay for privacy: A field experiment

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured willingness to pay for privacy in a field experiment where participants bought at most one DVD from one of two competing online stores, one store consistently required more sensitive personal data than the other, but otherwise the stores were identical.
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