Privacy policy statements and consumer willingness to provide personal information

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Meinert, David B ^a   Peterson, Dane K ^a   Criswell, John R ^a,c,d   Crossland, Martin D ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shelter Insurance   (United States)

^d Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce privacy; Electronic commerce trust; Internet privacy; Internet trust; Online privacy; privacy policy statements; Web site content

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; STUDENTS;

E-COMMERCE PRIVACY; INTERNET PRIVACY; ONLINE PRIVACY; PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENTS; WEB SITE CONTENT;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 33645518225     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2006010101     Document Type: Article

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