OPTING-IN OR OPTING-OUT ON THE INTERNET: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 781-792

  Lai, Yee Lin ^a   Hui, Kai Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

information disclosure; Internet privacy; opt in; opt out; participation; privacy concern

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY;

CONSUMER INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; INTERNET PRIVACY; OPT-IN; OPT-OUT; PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL PRIVACY; PRIVACY CONCERNS; PRIVACY ISSUE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85106728240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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