Privacy regime, culture and user practices in the cyber-marketplace

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-74

  Park, Yong Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Internet; Privacy; Public policy

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; POLICY ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749094800     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690810862811     Document Type: Article

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