A business privacy model for virtual communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-335

  Yassine, Abdulsalam ^a   Shirmohammadi, Shervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Personal information; Privacy risk; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

BUSINESS FUNCTIONS; BUSINESS MODELING; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; ON-LINE NETWORK; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PRIVACY MODELS; PRIVACY RISKS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

DATA PRIVACY;

EID: 78651557638     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2009.023971     Document Type: Article

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