Revisiting the role of web assurance seals in consumer trust

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 60, Issue , 2004, Pages 280-287

  Kim, Dan J ^a   Steinfield, Charles ^a   Lai, Ying Ju ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assurance seal service; awareness of assurance seal service; information quality; online privacy; online security

Indexed keywords

ASSURANCE SEAL SERVICE; AWARENESS OF ASSURANCE SEAL SERVICE; ON-LINE SECURITIES; ONLINE PRIVACY; SERVICE INFORMATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 77954474146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1052220.1052256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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