Abstract
The privacy of personal information is an important issue affecting the confidence of internet users. The widespread adoption of online social networks and access to these platforms using mobile devices has encouraged developers to make the systems and interfaces acceptable to users who seek privacy. The aim of this study is to test a wizard that allows users to control the sharing of personal information with others. We also assess the concerns of users in terms of such sharing such as whether to hide personal data in current online social network accounts. Survey results showed the wizard worked very well and that females concealed more personal information than did males. In addition, most users who were concerned about misuse of personal information hid those items. The results can be used to upgrade current privacy systems or to design new systems that work on mobile internet devices. The system can also be used to save time when setting personal privacy settings and makes users more aware of items that will be shared with others.
Highlights
Personal information privacy has become a big challenge facing developers of internet applications
This paper has explored various aspects of the privacy of personal information and the ease with which privacy settings can be controlled
Increasing the numbers of advertisements is the main goal of developers, but protection of user privacy is a big challenge
Summary
Personal information privacy has become a big challenge facing developers of internet applications. It is difficult to guarantee 100% privacy of personal information especially on online social network sites. Personal information can be misused by anonymous individuals, friends, or others, and no single concern is responsible for protecting such data. Many features must work smoothly to increase the degree of privacy protection. User awareness, new privacy applications, and the use of simple tools to control privacy settings, decrease risks. We develop a new wizard to help users control the privacy level of their personal information. We describe the implementation thereof and survey user acceptability
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