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Defaults, Framing and Privacy: Why Opting In Opting Out

False Framings: The Co-opting of Sex-Selection by the Anti-Abortion Movement.

Jesudason and Weitz's article examines two public policy debates in California, where both sides of the debate used similar language that had the potential to be detrimental to women. Specifically, they show how anti-abortion crusaders in California used similar language to describe why women's rights should be curtailed as pro-choice advocates use when fighting for more choice and privacy for ...

Necessary But Not Sufficient: Standardized Mechanisms for Privacy Notice and Choice

I. NOTICE AND CHOICE .................................................................. 277 II. PLATFORM FOR PRIVACY PREFERENCES ................................... 279 III. A PRIVACY TAXONOMY ............................................................. 282 IV. PRIVACY NUTRITION LABELS AND PRIVACY ICONS .................. 286 V. ADOPTION AND ENFORCEMENT ...........................................

Opting-in or Opting-out on the Internet: Does it Really Matter?

Personal privacy has become one of the pressure points that comprises utmost primacy in the scientific community. An often debated privacy issue concerns the means of soliciting consent on the use of consumer information: should consumers be asked to object to the use of personal data (opt-out), or should they be asked to consent to the use of such data (opt-in)? These questions have been the c...

Optimal Defaults

Default options have an enormous impact on household “choices.” Such effects are documented in the literature on 401(k) plans (see Madrian and Dennis Shea, 2001; Choi et al., 2002, 2003b). Defaults affect 401(k) participation, savings rates, rollovers, and asset allocation. For example, when employees are automatically enrolled in their 401(k) plan, only a tiny fraction opt out, producing nearl...