Do Privacy Statements Really Work? The Effect of Privacy Statements and Fair Information Practices on Trust and Perceived Risk in E-Commerce

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-64

  Nemati, Hamid R ^a   Van Dyke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Commerce; Fair Information Practices; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001875341     PISSN: 19301650     EISSN: 19301669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jisp.2009010104     Document Type: Article

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