Reading the least read? Indicators of users' intention to consult privacy statements on municipal websites

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-244

  Beldad, Ardion ^a   de Jong, Menno ^a   Steehouder, Michaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confidentiality of information; E Government; Electronic government; Online privacy; Online privacy statements; Online trust; Risk perceptions in data disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953587414     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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