• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.547-567
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• 2020

As the complexity of managing online personal information is increasing and data breach incidents frequently occur, online users feel a loss of control over their privacy. Such a situation leads to their cynical attitudes towards privacy protection, called privacy cynicism. This study aims to examine the role of privacy cynicism in online users' privacy behaviors. Data were gathered from a survey that 281 people participated in and were analyzed with covariance-based structural equation modeling. The findings of this study reveal that privacy cynicism has not only a direct influence on disclosure intention but also moderates an effect of privacy concerns on the intention. The analytical results also indicate that there is a nonlinear effect of privacy cynicism on the outcome variable. This study developed the concept of privacy cynicism—a phenomenon that significantly affects online privacy behavior but has been rarely examined. The study is an initial research into the nature and implications of privacy cynicism and furthermore clarified its role by the nonlinear relationship between privacy cynicism and the willingness to disclose personal information.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1419-1427
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 웹사이트에서 통상적으로 제시되는 '개인정보 처리방침'을 인터넷 이용자들이 어떻게 인지하고, 확인하는지, 나아가 이러한 행동이 온라인 거래에 긍정적으로 영향을 미쳐 웹사이트와 이용자 간의 정보 비대칭성 문제가 적절히 해소되고 있는지를 실증적으로 분석하고 있다. 이를 위해 우리나라 인터넷 이용자를 대표하는 풍부한 이질성을 가진 5,422명을 대상으로 조사된 데이터를 사용하였다. 실증 분석의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 개인정보 처리방침의 인지와 확인에는 유의미한 차이점이 존재하며, 개인정보보호를 중요하게 인식할수록, 또한 개인정보 침해의 경험이 있을수록 개인정보 처리방침을 확인할 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 이항변수 추정식을 통해 분석한 결과 개인정보 처리방침을 확인하는 인터넷 이용자들이 온라인 거래에 참여할 확률이 유의미하게 높다는 결과가 도출되어, 어느 정도 정보 비대칭성의 문제를 해결하는 수단이 되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 셋째, 만일 온라인 거래 사이트가 더 단순하고 읽기 쉬운 처리방침을 제공하는 경우, 한국의 온라인 상거래 시장규모는 참여자 수와 거래액기준으로 연간 46만 명, 224억 원 정도 확대될 것으로 추산되었다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.274-289
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• 2018

We examined the effects of socio-demographics and personality traits on online privacy concern. We investigated this relationship in general and across different Internet functions. Using a large, diverse, population-representative sample (N = 5,242), we found that females, educated, and wealthier individuals tend to be concerned with online privacy to a greater extent. Among personality traits, agreeableness and conscientiousness were generally associated with an increased probability of being concerned with online privacy. These results imply that socio-demographics and personality traits provide explanatory insights into online privacy concern.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.37-59
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• 2008

This study focuses on the antecedents to the privacy concerns and their influence on trust and online transaction intention. Based on previous exploratory works and the literature review of privacy concerns, four antecedents are identified-Internet literacy, social awareness, perceived vulnerability, and perceived ability to information control. Incorporating these antecedents, privacy concerns, trust and online transaction intention, a conceptual model is developed and seven research hypotheses are proposed for empirical testing. The proposed model is examined through structural equation analysis. The results show that Internet literacy, social awareness, and perceived vulnerability have statistically significant effect on the privacy concerns of users and the privacy concerns has a positive influence on the trust. Finally, the trust has a positive effect on the online transaction intention. Implications of these findings are discussed for both researchers and practitioners and future research issues are raised as well.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.127-142
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• 2007

The objective of this study was to discuss child privacy issues at Web sites targeting children, Specifically, the study examined l)types of information required for join the membership, 2)whether privacy policies at Web sites for children abide by privacy guideline, and 3)specific examples of recommendable privacy policy and problematic privacy policy from Web sites, Total of 305 Web sites targeting children were used for content analysis, Selected Web sites included recommended sites by Korea Council of Children's Organizations and food business Web sites, The results showed that more than 70% of Web sites required private information when children join the membership. Most of these Web sites provided mailing service for children. Generally, Web sites showed problems in parents' approval procedures. Also, privacy policies at Web sites frequently omitted purpose specification principle and the security safeguard principle. Regulating online service provides and marketers targeting children would be necessary for protecting child privacy. Further, education program targeting parents and children could help them make right choices to protect children's online privacy.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.77-94
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• 2015

정보를 공유하는데 중요한 매체로 인터넷이 활용되면서, 사용자들은 온라인 공간에서 자신의 정보를 포함한 수많은 정보를 생산하고 공유하고 있다. 온라인 상에서 개인정보를 공유하면서 사회적인 관계의 강도를 강화시키는 등 여러 이점이 있다. 하지만 이면에는 이렇게 공유된 정보가 오용되는 경우 개인정보 침해라는 부정적인 결과를 낳기도 한다. 비록 많은 기업과 정부가 개인정보보호를 위한 노력을 하고 있지만, 기술의 발전으로 인해 개인정보를 이용해 사이버 범죄나 해킹이 되는 경우를 완벽히 방어하기 어려운 것이 현실이다. 개인정보보호는 기업과 정부의 역할의 관점에서 연구가 진행되고 있지만, 사용자의 개인 관점에서 개인정보보호 행동에 대한 연구는 미약하며 이에 대한 연구의 필요성을 가진다. 본 연구는 인터넷 사용자의 개인정보보호 행동과 온라인의 환경적 요인간의 영향 관계를 밝히는 것이 목적이다. 특히, 본 연구에서는 사용자 개인이 자신의 정보를 보호를 위한 정보보호 기술을 수용 행동에 초점을 맞춘다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면, 온라인 상의 사용자가 개인정보보호를 위한 행동은 정부의 개인정보보호 법률과 정 방향의 영향 관계를 가진다. 또한 만약 사용자가 온라인 서비스를 이용할 때 익명을 사용하는 경우 사용자는 개인정보보호를 위한 행동에 정 방향의 영향 관계를 가진다. 더 자세한 결과와 공헌도는 본 논문에 기술하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.45-65
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• 2008

The rapid growth of the Internet has increased the amount of transmission of personally identifiable information. At the same time, with new Internet related technologies, organizations are trying to collect and access more personal information than before, which in turn makes individuals concern more about their information privacy. For their successful businesses, organizations have tried to alleviate these concerns in two ways: (1) by offering privacy policies that promise certain level of privacy protection; (2) by offering benefits such as financial gains or convenience. In this paper, we interpret these actions in the context of the information processing theory of motivation. This paper follows Hann et al.(2007)'s methods to analyze Internet users privacy concerns in Korea and tries to compare the findings. Our research objectives are as follows: First, we analyze privacy concern mitigation strategies in the framework of the expectancy theory of motivation. Subsequently, we show how the expectancy theory based framework is linked o the conjoint analysis. We empirically validate the predictions that the means to mitigate privacy concerns are associated with positive valences resulting in an increase in motivational score. In order to accommodate real-life contexts, we investigate these means in trade-off situation, where an organization may only be able to offer partially complete privacy protection and/or promotions and/or convenience, While privacy protection (secondary use, improper access) are associated with positive valences, we also find that financial gains can significantly increase the individuals' motivational score of a website in Korea. One important implication of this empirical analysis is that organizations may possess means to actively manage the privacy concerns of Internet users. Our findings show that privacy policies are valued by users in Korea just as in the US or Singapore. Hence, organizations can capitalize on this, by stating their privacy policy more prominently. Also organizations would better think of strategies or means that may increase online users' willingness to provide personal information. Since financial incentives also significantly increase the individuals' motivational score of website participation, we can quantify the value of website privacy protection in terms of monetary gains. We find that Korean Internet users value the total privacy protection (protection against errors, improper access, and secondary use of personal information) as worthy as KW 25,550, which is about US 28. Having done this conjoint analysis, we next adopt cluster analysis methodology. We identify two distinct segments of Korea's internet users-privacy guardians and information sellers, and convenience seekers. The immediate implication of our study is that firms with online presence must differentiate their services to serve these distinct segments to best meet the needs of segments with differing trade-offs between money and privacy concerns. Information sellers are distinguished from privacy guardians by prior experience of information provision, To the extent that businesses cannot observe an individual's prior experience, they must use indirect methods to induce segmentation by self-selection as suggested in classic economics literature of price discrimination, Businesses could use monetary rewards to attract information sellers to provide personal information. One step forward from the societal trends that emphasize the need of legal protection of information privacy, our study wants to encourage organizations and related authorities to have the viewpoints to consider both importance of privacy protection and the necessity of information trade for the growth of e-commerce.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.183-186
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• 2014

스마트 미디어 시대에 온라인 환경에 서비스에 대한 중요성이 날로 커지고 있으며, 사용자 경험에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰, 포탈 웹 사이트, 기업 웹 사이트 등 인터넷에 연결된 정보시스템의 이용이 활발하게 이루어지면서 발생하고 있는 문제 중 하나는 정보프라이버시 염려 관련 되어 있다. 따라서 국내외 정보시스템, 마케팅, 기타 분야의 주요저널을 중심으로 프라이버시 관련 연구를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 정보프라이버시 염려 관련 국내외 연구의 리뷰를 통하여 연구경향과 앞으로 연구방향을 제공하는 것이다. 이러한 환경을 고려하여, 온라인 환경에서 정보프라이버시 염려가 행동의도에 미치는 영향을 관한 문헌분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제시하고 논의하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.29-45
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• 2009

In the information age, cheap price of information processing and advances in personalization technology have allowed companies to enhance the relationships with their existing customers and to expand their customer base by effectively attracting new customers. However, most customers are reluctant to provide their personal information to companies. This study explores the tension between companies' desire to collect personal information to offer personalized services and their customers' privacy concerns. The psychological reactance theory suggests that when individuals feel that their behavioral choice is threatened or restricted, they are motivated to restore their freedom. Therefore, despite the expected benefits from personalized services, customers may perceive the services to be restrictive of their freedom to choose. This adverse effect may undermine the relationships between companies and their customers. We conducted experiments to explore the dynamic roles of transactional and environmental factors in motivating customers to provide personal information. We revisited online privacy issues from the perspective of psychological reactance. For the experiments, we created an online shop and randomly assigned the participants to one of the two experimental conditions-high and low levels of information requirements. The results of the experiment indicate that threatening the free choice serves as a transactional cost in online profiling. On the other hand, the expected benefits of personalization services have positive correlations with customers' willingness to provide personal information. This study explains privacy based on transactional and environmental factors. Our findings also indicate that the environmental factors such as the Internet privacy risk and trust propensity do not significantly affect the willingness to provide personal information when firms required much personal information. Implications and contributions are discussed.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.2083-2100
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• 2023

The rise of Industry 5.0 has led to a smarter and more digital way of doing business, but with it comes the issue of user privacy and security. Only when privacy and security issues are addressed, will users be able to transact online with greater peace of mind. Thus, to address the security and privacy problems associated with industry blockchain technology, we propose a privacy protection scheme for online financial transactions based on verifiable ring signatures and blockchain by comparing and combining the unconditional anonymity provided by ring signatures with the high integrity provided by blockchain technology. Firstly, we present an algorithm for verifying ring signature based on distributed key generation, which can ensure the integrity of transaction data. Secondly, by using the block chain technique, we choose the proxy node to send the plaintext message into the block chain, and guarantee the security of the asset transaction. On this basis, the designed scheme is subjected to a security analysis to verify that it is completely anonymous, verifiable and unerasable. The protection of user privacy can be achieved while enabling online transactions. Finally, it is shown that the proposed method is more effective and practical than other similar solutions in performance assessment and simulation. It is proved that the scheme is a safe and efficient online financial transaction ring signature scheme.