The rise of electronic commerce and the Internet have created new technologies and capabilities, which increase concern for privacy online. This study reports on the results of an investigation of Internet users attitudes towards concern for privacy online, online behaviours adopted under varying levels of concern for privacy (high, moderate and low) and the types of information Internet users ...

Privacy concern continues to grow as online presences become more prevalent through social network sites (SNSs). Significant research has studied the privacy concern construct as it pertains to privacy for information about self, however little research considers a privacy concern for information about others. We hypothesize relationships between both privacy concern for self and others and thr...

Businesses (retailers) often wish to offer personalized advertisements (coupons) to individuals (consumers), but run the risk of strong reactions from consumers who want a customized shopping experience but feel their privacy has been violated. Existing models for privacy such as differential privacy or information theory try to quantify privacy risk but do not capture the subjective experience...

Individual privacy is often viewed as something that is under threat. The proliferation of computers, networks, electronic information services and digital data has increased concern about privacy. This is the view portrayed in international literature, particularly from the United States. But how concerned are New Zealanders about privacy? This study examines New Zealanders’ privacy attitudes ...

This symposium discussion of the Loyola Los Angeles Law Review focuses on newly enacted California Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA), a statute signed into state law by then-Governor Jerry Brown June 28, 2018 and effective as January 1, 2020. The panel was held February 20, The panelists discuss how businesses are responding to new obstacles for consumers make use law’s protections rights. Most i...

As privacy becomes more central to information policy debates, conceptual privacy frameworks have increasingly used economic models. However, our understanding of the motivating factors behind informational privacy behavior is far from complete. This paper uses an economic behavior experiment to assess consumer privacy sentiments in controlled conditions to better understand the tradeoffs betwe...

Firms have at their disposal an increasing amount of personal information about consumers gathered through various means. Studies find that personalizing online interactions improves customer relationships and increases desirable behaviors, such as positive word-ofmouth and increased purchase intent. However, other research suggests that the use of personal information stimulates privacy concer...

The modernization of the electrical grid and the installment of smart meters come with many advantages to control and monitoring. However, in the wrong hands, the data might pose a privacy treat. In this paper, we consider the tradeoff between smart grid operations and the privacy of consumers. We analyze the tradeoff between smart grid operations and how often data is collected by considering ...