• 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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• 제21권2호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2014

This paper has studied whether cultural factors have an effect on privacy concern of Internet users in Korea and China. The result has shown that power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and long-term orientation are positively related to privacy concern, while masculinity is negatively related to privacy concern. This study has also found some similarities and differences between the two countries. First, privacy concern of Korean Internet users is significantly higher than that of Chinese users. Second, individualism and uncertainty avoidance significantly affect privacy concern in both Korea and China, although individualism in Korea has stronger effect than that in China. Third, long term orientation has a significant effect in only Korea while power distance is significant only in China. These results suggest that an online company doing businesses in multiple countries should have country-specific privacy policies to deal with the privacy concern of Internet users in different countries.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2019

This study examined the overall relationship between information privacy concern, need for uniqueness (NFU), and disclosure behavior to explain the personal factors that drive data-sharing on Facebook. The results of an online survey conducted with 222 Facebook users show that among diverse data that social media users disclose online, four distinct factors are identified: basic personal data, private data, personal opinions, and personal photos. In general, there is a negative relationship between privacy concern and a positive relationship between the NFU and the willingness to self-disclose information. Overall, the NFU was a better predictor of willingness to disclose information than privacy concern, gender, or age. While privacy concern has been identified as an influential factor when users evaluate social networking sites, the findings of this study contribute to the literature by demonstrating that an individual's need to manifest individualization on social media overrides privacy concerns.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제6권11호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2006

본 연구는 온라인 환경에서 최근 문제점으로 제시되고 있는 고객의 프라이버시 침해에 대한 염려와 관련하여 온라인 쇼핑몰 업체들이 어떠한 노력을 기울여야 하는지에 관한 연구다. 관련 선행연구를 바탕으로, 본 연구는 프라이버시 염려에 영향을 미치는 원인변수로 온라인 쇼핑몰에 대한 직접마케팅 태도, 정보통제 욕구, 정보노출에 대한 부정적 결과예측을 도출하였으며, 결과변수로는 기업명성과 구매경험을 도출하였다. 분석결과, 온라인 쇼핑에서 직접마케팅에 대한 긍정적 태도는 프라이버시 염려에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 반면, 정보통제 욕구 및 정보노출에 대한 부정적 결과예측은 프라이버시 염려에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 기업명성과 구매경험이 프라이버시 염려의 중요한 결과변수인 것으로 검증되었는데, 특히 프라이버시 염려는 기업명성에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구는 온라인 쇼핑몰 업체가 고객의 프라이버시 염려를 감소시키기 위해서는 직접마케팅에 대한 태도 등 원인변수에 대한 관리와 더불어 결과변수인 기업명성에 대한 관리가 고객의 반복적 구매경험에 중요한 요인임을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.121-139
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• 2023

This study tried to identify factors affecting online activity before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the effects of consumer innovativeness, self-esteem, and need for cognition on the activity of online media such as Internet and social media were investigated, and whether privacy concerns had a moderating effect. For this study, survey data from 2019(before the outbreak of COVID-19) to 2021(after the outbreak of COVID-19) of the 'Korea Media Panel Survey' surveyed by the Korea Information Society Development Institute was used for analysis. The research results that affect Internet activity are as follows. Before the outback of COVID-19, it was found that hedonic innovativeness and social innovativeness had a positive effect and cognitive innovativeness had a negative effect on increasing Internet activity. There was no moderating effect on privacy concerns. The period after the outbreak of COVID-19, need for cognition was found to have a positive effect on increasing social media activity. In addition, the moderating effect of privacy concerns was found in the relationship between need for cognition and Internet activity. There was no privacy concern effect before the outbreak of COVID-19, and the privacy concern effect appeared on functional innovation and need for cognition after the outbreak of COVID-19. This study aims to present various implications for companies to understand the characteristics of online consumers using the Internet and social media after the pandemic.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.97-114
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• 2019

Purpose The purpose of this study is to deduct the factors for explaining the economic behavior of an Internet user who provides personal information notwithstanding the concern about an invasion of privacy based on the Information Privacy Calculus Theory and Communication Privacy Management Theory. Design/methodology/approach This study made a design of the research model by integrating the factors deducted from the computation theory of information privacy with the factors deducted from the management theory of communication privacy on the basis of the Dual-Process Theory. Findings According to the empirical analysis result, this study confirmed that the Privacy Concern about forms through the Perceived Privacy Risk derived from the Disposition to value Privacy. In addition, this study confirmed that the behavior of an Internet user involved in personal information offering occurs due to the Perceived Benefits contradicting the Privacy Concern.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.135-150
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• 2016

대부분의 웹 사이트에서는 법을 준수하기 위해 정보주체의 개인정보 수집에 동의를 구하는 이용약관이나 개인정보 취급방침(이하 '취급방침')을 마련하고 있다. 국내 온라인 및 모바일 서비스에서 이용자로부터 수집하는 개인정보의 항목을 명시하고자 마련한 취급방침을 대부분의 이용자는 읽지도 않고 그냥 넘기는 등 이용자 관점에서 인지하지 못하는 경우가 많다. 보다 구체적으로 취급방침을 확인했을 때 이용자가 제공하는 개인정보의 인지 및 서비스 이용에 어떤 영향이 있는지를 살펴보고자 카카오톡 이용자를 중심으로 실험하였다. 332명의 실험 참여 인원을 구성해 취급방침에 대해 기존 행동을 유지하는 그룹과 Display를 확인하여 내용을 인지하는 그룹을 구성해 개인 프라이버시 민감도의 차이를 고려하여 개인정보보호 행동의 차이를 분석하여 시사한다. 본 연구에서는 민감군과 무관심군으로 나누었을 때 취급방침 인지로 나타나는 보호행동을 제시하고 서비스 제공자의 정책 실현을 위한 가이드라인을 제시한 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.213-225
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• 2019

Privacy paradox is a paradoxical behavior that provides personal information even though you are concerned about privacy. Social media users are also often concerned about their personal information exposure. It is even reluctant to describe personal information in profile. However, some users describe their personal information in detail on their profile, provide it freely when others request it, or post their own personal information. The survey was conducted using Google Docs centered on Facebook users. Structural equation model analysis was used for hypothesis testing. As an independent variable, we use personal information infringement experiences. As a mediator, we use privacy indifference, privacy concern, and the relationship with the act of providing personal information. Social media users have become increasingly aware of the fact that they can not distinguish between the real world and online world by strengthening their image and enhancing their image in the process of strengthening ties, sharing lots of information and enjoying themselves through various relationships. Therefore, despite the high degree of privacy indifference and high degree of privacy concern, the phenomenon of privacy paradox is also present in social media.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.19-39
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• 2018

With the development of information technology, social network services (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter became popular and many users disclose their personal and sensitive information like private story, photographs and location information through posting and sharing. Despite the privacy concerns in SNSs, individuals continue to disclose their identity online. This phenomenon is called 'privacy paradox'. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of collective efficacy on self-disclosure in SNS context and to explain privacy paradox phenomenon. Drawing upon the communication privacy management theory, research model was developed and empirically tested with cross-sectional data from 306 individuals. Results revealed that collective efficacy has a direct positive effect on self-disclosure while privacy risk is negatively related to self-disclosure. However, privacy concern is not directly related to self-disclosure. The relationship between privacy concern and self-disclosure was moderated by collective efficacy.

• 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.