Online privacy policies: An empirical perspective on self-regulatory practices

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 61-74

  Ashrafi, Noushin ^a   Kuilboer, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Fair information practices; Privacy; Seals programs; Self regulatory practices

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; USER INTERFACES;

FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES; PRIVACY; SEALS PROGRAMS; SELF-REGULATORY PRACTICES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 24944504048     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2005100104     Document Type: Review

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