Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon
The digital era introduces significant challenges for privacy protection, which grow constantly as technology advances. Privacy is a personal trait, and individuals may desire a different level of privacy, which is known as their “privacy concern”. To achieve privacy, the individual has to act in th...
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| description | The digital era introduces significant challenges for privacy protection, which grow constantly as technology advances. Privacy is a personal trait, and individuals may desire a different level of privacy, which is known as their “privacy concern”. To achieve privacy, the individual has to act in the digital world, taking steps that define their “privacy behavior”. It has been found that there is a gap between people’s privacy concern and their privacy behavior, a phenomenon that is called the “privacy paradox”. In this research, we investigated if the privacy paradox is domain-specific; in other words, does it vary for an individual when that person moves between different domains, for example, when using e-Health services vs. online social networks? A unique metric was developed to estimate the paradox in a way that enables comparisons, and an empirical study in which <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>437</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> validated participants acted in eight domains. It was found that the domain does indeed affect the magnitude of the privacy paradox. This finding has a profound significance both for understanding the privacy paradox phenomenon and for the process of developing effective means to protect privacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08a74889131e4b088d8972b02142820d2023-11-19T00:43:19ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2023-08-0112815610.3390/computers12080156Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific PhenomenonRon S. Hirschprung0Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 4070000, IsraelThe digital era introduces significant challenges for privacy protection, which grow constantly as technology advances. Privacy is a personal trait, and individuals may desire a different level of privacy, which is known as their “privacy concern”. To achieve privacy, the individual has to act in the digital world, taking steps that define their “privacy behavior”. It has been found that there is a gap between people’s privacy concern and their privacy behavior, a phenomenon that is called the “privacy paradox”. In this research, we investigated if the privacy paradox is domain-specific; in other words, does it vary for an individual when that person moves between different domains, for example, when using e-Health services vs. online social networks? A unique metric was developed to estimate the paradox in a way that enables comparisons, and an empirical study in which <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>437</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> validated participants acted in eight domains. It was found that the domain does indeed affect the magnitude of the privacy paradox. This finding has a profound significance both for understanding the privacy paradox phenomenon and for the process of developing effective means to protect privacy.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/12/8/156privacy concernsprivacy attitudesprivacy behaviorprivacy paradox |
| spellingShingle | Ron S. Hirschprung Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon Computers privacy concerns privacy attitudes privacy behavior privacy paradox |
| title | Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon |
| title_full | Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon |
| title_short | Is the Privacy Paradox a Domain-Specific Phenomenon |
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| topic | privacy concerns privacy attitudes privacy behavior privacy paradox |
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