Internet users' privacy concerns and beliefs about government surveillance: An exploratory study of differences between Italy and the United States

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 57-91

  Dinev, Tamara ^a   Bellotto, Massimo ^b   Hart, Paul ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^c   Serra, Ilaria ^a   Colautti, Christian ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; e commerce; Government surveillance; Privacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; DATA PRIVACY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIAL ASPECTS; USER INTERFACES;

CROSS CULTURAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL THEORIES; E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS; GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE;

INTERNET;

EID: 33750996095     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2006100103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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