Privacy Of Personal Information Research Articles

A personal information privacy perceptions model for university students

ABSTRACT This study aims to address the lack of personal information privacy policies in Zimbabwean universities by proposing and validating a Student Personal Information Privacy Perception (SPIPP) model. The model helps institutions understand and implement data privacy principles based on students’ perceptions. The students’ perceptions were determined for the following privacy constructs: privacy awareness; privacy expectations; and student confidence in the university’s data privacy practices. In this study, a quantitative research method using a cross-sectional survey with a closed-ended questionnaire was adopted to collect data from 284 student participants. To refine the preliminary instrument, an expert review and pilot study were conducted. The privacy model was validated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Seven new factors emerged from the validation of the instrument: university confidence; practice confidence; individual awareness; privacy awareness; external awareness; privacy expectations; and correctness expectations. SEM showed a good overall match between the suggested conceptual model and the empirically derived model. The validated questionnaire that was developed can be used by universities to ascertain students’ perceptions of privacy to create a culture of privacy and to protect student data in line with regulatory requirements and best practices.

“Those blimmin Ts and Cs”: a mixed methods analysis of how people manage personal information, privacy, and impressions

ABSTRACT Interconnected and smart technologies complicate personal information management (PIM) because users delegate the storing, organizing, and retrieving of personal information to smart and mobile service providers. Meta-level PIM activities are required to maintain the privacy and security of personal information. This study provides insights into how users of location tracking, mobile apps, and smart home technologies perceive PIM and privacy. We turn to the privacy as contextual integrity (CI) and impression management (IM) literatures to explore informational norms and interpersonal dynamics in PIM. This study is based on a mixed methods design to analyze focus groups and interviews with 106 British and Dutch respondents. Combining unsupervised Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic modeling and thematic analysis, we reveal discursive patterns in respondent accounts of technology use and provide an in-depth interpretation of these patterns. Our findings indicate that PIM practices are associated with the perceived appropriateness of information flows, anthropomorphic interpretations of technologies, and interpersonal surveillance. Thus, impressions are managed toward social actors as well as technology providers. We contribute to PIM research with a demonstration of how PIM in mobile, smart, and location-based technology use cannot be separated from contextual factors and strategies to manage impressions of habits and behaviors.

Realistic Dilemma and Path Optimization of Online Personal Information Protection

A virtual area made by computers is called cyberspace. People there lead non-traditional lifestyles. It has evolved into a different manner of living from the physical realms of land, sea, air, and space. Lifestyle changes have also led to the emergence of some network security problems, including invasion of privacy, identity theft, financial fraud, and more. In today's world, cybersecurity is not only a trendy topic but also a crucial issue to protect the interests of cyberspace's development, security, and sovereignty. The "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" offers numerous highlights in terms of fundamental principles, scope of adjustment, and protection models, and offers an institutional response to the main challenges faced by personal information protection in the big data era. To strike a balance between information protection and information freedom, the Internet industry must continue to bolster industry self-discipline, raise public awareness of the right to protect personal privacy information and enhance public understanding of the legal protection of personal privacy information rights.

Design for Embedding the Value of Privacy in Personal Information Management Systems

Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS) aim to facilitate the sharing of personal information and protect privacy. Efforts to enhance privacy management, aligned with established privacy policies, have led to guidelines for integrating transparent notices and meaningful choices within these systems. Although discussions have revolved around the design of privacy-friendly systems that comply with legal requirements, there has been relatively limited philosophical discourse on incorporating the value of privacy into these systems. Exploring the connection between privacy and personal autonomy illuminates the instrumental value of privacy in enabling individuals to live their lives autonomously, highlighting the importance of intentionally embedding the value of privacy into these systems. To translate the value of privacy into concrete design requirements, this study constructs a values hierarchy consisting of values, norms, and design requirements. After analyzing the relationships between privacy and autonomy and identifying norms, the design requirements translated from the norms associated with the components of personal autonomy are specified at the lowest layer. These requirements include a design to prevent unauthorized access and dark patterns and to provide effective and efficient notices and choices. The findings contribute to expanding the requirements for designing the aspect of privacy as a legal requirement to incorporate the value of privacy into systems.

Safeguarding Minors' Personal Data: Legal Principles in Information Security in Ukraine and Eurupean

The research aims to uncover the legal regulations pertaining to the protection of minors' personal data, considered a crucial component of informational security. Through an analysis of Ukrainian and European legislation, in conjunction with the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act, this study seeks to explore preventive measures against third-party abuse of children's information. The research highlights the responsibilities imposed on state authorities and legal entities, based on Ukrainian and European legislation, to safeguard personal data. The methodology employed in this article involves the utilization of both general scientific and specialized methods of scientific cognition. The specificity of the research subject, along with its purpose and tasks, guided the selection of these methods. The research results reveal various problematic issues related to the collection, storage, use, and distribution of personal data of minors. The obligation to protect an individual's rights to the processing and preservation of personal data or private information is a responsibility placed on state authorities in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine and European countries (Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Norway, Great Britain), as well as on legal entities that own or store the specified personal data. In conclusion, the protection of personal data emerges as a fundamental right, integral to the broader rights of family and private life. The study also underscores the importance of international cooperation mechanisms in addressing this multifaceted issue.

Preface

This special issue of Tidskrift för ABM explores the transformative role of digital technologies in shaping the landscape of cultural heritage, knowledge access and information futures. It contains two research articles, a review, a note on and two dissertation summaries. Across these contributions, the issue covers a diverse range of topics relating to information futures; personal information privacy, preservation of deplatformed content, challenges and opportunities of AI, digital participation in cultural heritage, content moderation and fact checking.

The Effect of Training Adults on the Safe Use of Computers: An Awareness Campaign Initiative

People across different age groups worldwide use computers and smart devices with access to the Internet. This highlights the importance of educating users and making them aware of the threats to cybersecurity, hazards of the Internet, privacy and safety of personal information, and various kinds of online attacks. This study investigates the level of awareness among adults of the safe use of computers with Internet access. Data were collected by using two surveys: An initial survey was conducted to measure the users’ level of awareness before they attended a lecture, training, or workshop. A follow-up survey was subsequently conducted after the lecture/training/workshop to measure its effects on the users' awareness and understanding of the safety and security of using devices connected to the Internet. This research also investigatesnew methods to reduce cyberattacks, and the responsiveness of users to unknown links and threats.The findings of this study indicates that there is a positive influence on the participants after the workshop as it improves their knowledge of the privacy and security issues related to the use of social media and the use of different internet tools and increase their awareness level about the cybercrimes and different threats in the digital world. Yet, the results still show struggles in understanding the safety of their personal information and their contents in social media. Hence, a recommendation of more training in the field of applying practical privacy and security steps is still required to enhance their skills and ability to protect themselves and educate others in their communities.

A Data Hierarchical Encryption Scheme Based on Attribute Hiding under Multiple Authorization Centers

The data hierarchical Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) scheme implements multiple hierarchical data encryption of a single access policy, which reduces the computation and storage overhead. However, existing data hierarchical CP-ABE schemes have some problems, such as the leakage of personal privacy information through access policies or user attributes in plaintext form, and these schemes grant enough privileges to a single authorization center. If the authorization center is untrusted or attacked, keys can be used to illegally access data, which is the key escrow problem. To solve these problems, we propose an Attribute Hiding and Multiple Authorization Centers-based Data Hierarchical Encryption Scheme (AH-MAC-DHE). Firstly, we propose an Attribute Convergence Hiding Mechanism (ACHM). This mechanism solves the problem of personal privacy information leakage by hiding access policies and user attributes. Secondly, we design Privilege-Dispersed Multiple Authorization Centers (PD-MAC). PD-MAC solves the problem of key escrow by dispersing the privileges of the single authorization center to the user authorization center and attribute authorization center. Finally, we prove that AH-MAC-DHE is secure under the decisional q-parallel Bilinear Diffie-Hellman Exponent (BDHE) assumption, which also satisfies anti-collusion and privacy security. The experimental results indicate that compared with existing schemes, AH-MAC-DHE performs well.

Research on the Rule of Law Path of Personal Credit System in the Context of Digital Finance

With the continuous development of society, big data, cloud computing, and other financial technologies have been applied to financial credit. Some algorithmic black box" inherent in big data and other problems have been brought by those technologies to the governance of personal credit systems. At the same time, due to the imperfection of China's current legislation and evaluation standards in the personal credit field, it is difficult to protect the personal credit of citizens. Compare with China, some Western countries, such as the USA have achieved better results in the field of personal credit. Therefore, through drawing lessons from overseas successful experiences, and connecting with Chinese real conditions, this paper tries to propose a sound personal credit system by applying the principle of "minimum necessary", clarifying the boundary between personal privacy and credit information collection, and establishing and improving the remedial and supervisory system of the personal credit system.

How internet use affects personal privacy risk perception: empirical evidence from China

PurposeThis study aims to empirically examine the relationship between Internet use and personal privacy risk perceptions, the mediating effect of trust and the moderating effect of satisfaction on that relationship, which is exactly conducive to the practice of personal information protection.Design/methodology/approachA moderated mediation model will be employed to test the hypothesized relationships using the 2017 Chinese Society Survey data.FindingsThe authors find that Internet use positively relates to citizens' risk perceptions toward privacy security, and trust partially mediates the relationship between Internet use and privacy risk perception. In addition, the analysis of moderating effects showed that satisfaction with social life significantly enhances the negative impact on individuals' privacy risk perceptions of interpersonal trust. The positively moderating effect of satisfaction with local governments' work mainly reveals the relationship between interpersonal trust (or institutional trust) and citizens' privacy risk perception. Moreover, satisfaction with Internet platforms positively moderates the relationship between consumer trust and privacy risk perception.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the social risk amplification framework by applying it to the personal privacy information protection field, which was rarely discussed before. It also enriches privacy research by identifying the internal mechanism of how Internet use influences citizens' risk perceptions towards privacy information leakage.

App design based on the protection of personal privacy information in China

In today's world, digital technology is rapidly evolving and the way people live their lives is changing dramatically. For example, tools such as computers, the internet and mobile phones are bringing us new experiences like never before, while digital technology is also bringing unprecedented advances and innovations to business and science. New opportunities are growing and traditional hierarchies are beginning to fall apart - and with them comes a breakdown in trust. Google, Instagram, Wechat, Xiaohongshu - these disruptive platforms,networks and technologies have changed the current status of their respective industries, making our lives easier while there are bad actors in the unseen grey areas stealing and exploiting our privacy and data. The emergence of COVID-19 in recent years has forced us to use and rely on digital devices with high frequency, especially in China, which has accelerated our transition to a digital world, with both advantages and disadvantages. This article will explore how to better protect the privacy and data of digital nomads within reasonable and lawful limits, and provide an idea as a solution. The article presents the idea of a data protection app called Data Butler, which is an application dedicated to protecting the privacy of its users. The aim is to enable users to enjoy the benefits of big data while protecting their private data. Data Butler is designed to enable users to enjoy the benefits of big data while their private data is protected.

The linkage between quality of information systems and the impact of trust-based privacy on behavioral outcomes in unmanned convenience store: Moderating effect of gender and experience

The spread of COVID-19 has sparked interest in consumer experience research in contactless technologies and related industries in which no human factor is involved during the service process. Despite the many benefits of unmanned convenience stores, consumers must inevitably shoulder the uncertainty that personal privacy information may be exposed through such smart technology. To address this heightened privacy concern, we adopted trust-based privacy protection model within the classic framework of information systems success in this study. To be specific, we explore how the information systems success qualities of unmanned convenience stores affect consumers' trust-based privacy protection, subsequently impacting consumer satisfaction, loyalty, and behavioral intention while considering the moderating effect of gender and emperience. In this study, we used 480 out of 525 responses to conduct path analysis using structural equation model. Our sample is drawn from respondents who have experienced major unmanned convenience stores in China. Our findings confirm that the information systems success qualities of unmanned convenience stores enhance trust-based privacy protection, leading to increased consumer satisfaction, loyalty, and behavioral intention, while gender and experience also play a significant role in the void between theories.

“Yes, It’s Cute, But How Can I Be Sure It’s Safe or Not?” Investigating the Intention to Use Service Robots in the Context of Privacy Calculus

Technological advancements have made artificial intelligence and robotic systems more functional, intelligent as well vulnerable. This development caused fresh discussions about service robots in tourism and hospitality service settings where privacy is crucial. One of these discussions is the privacy of personal information and the attitude toward service robots. With a focus on current discussions, this study aims to explore the relationship between the perceived benefits and risks of disclosing personal information and the intention to use service robots. This study also hypothesized that willingness to disclose information privacy influence the intention to use service robot. In this study, an online survey was used as a method of quantitative research. A total of 541 responses were received during the data collection process. Model and hypotheses were tested using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The results of this research showed that perceived personalization and personal innovativeness were associated with the perceived benefits of information disclosure. Meanwhile, it was found that the unauthorized secondary use of personal data and perceived policy effectiveness were negatively related to the perceived risks of information disclosure. Overall, the results indicated that perceptions of disclosing personal information under privacy calculus were related to the intention to use a service robot.

Research on Residents' Willingness to Protect Privacy in the Context of the Personal Information Protection Law: A Survey Based on Foshan Residents' Data

The Personal Information Protection Law, as the frst law on personal information protection in China, hits the people’s most concerned, realistic and direct privacy and information security issues, and plays an extremely important role in promoting the development of the digital economy, the legalization of socialism with Chinese characteristics and social public security, and marks a new historical development stage in the protection of personal information in China. However, the awareness of privacy protection and privacy protection behavior of the public in personal information privacy protection is weak. Based on the literature review and in-depth understanding of current legal regulations, this study integrates the relevant literature and theoretical knowledge of the Personal Protection Law to construct a conceptual model of “privacy information protection willingness—privacy information protection behavior”. Taking the residents of Foshan City as an example, this paper conducts a questionnaire survey on their attitudes toward the Personal Protection Law, analyzes the factors infuencing their willingness to protect their privacy and their behaviors, and explores the mechanisms of their infuencing variables, to provide advice and suggestions for promoting the protection of privacy information and building a security barrier for the high-quality development of public information security.

Research on the Protection of Personal Private Information in Government Information Disclosure *

To address the problem of improper disclosure of a large amount of personal private information generated in the disclosure of government information, through empirical research and relevant literature analysis at home and abroad, it is found that there are some problems in the protection of personal private information in the disclosure of government information, such as unclear administrative discretion standards for the disclosure of personal private information, imperfect management systems for government information disclosure, imperfect supervision and responsibility mechanisms for government information disclosure, and incomplete relief systems after personal private information is violated. This paper studies its protection path from three perspectives, preregulation, in-process management and postrelief, to alleviate the conflict between government information disclosure and personal private information protection and protect citizens' personal private information.

Security challenges in civil registration: safeguarding vital information in an evolving landscape

Civil registration is a fundamental process that captures vital events such as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, enabling governments to create accurate demographic databases and deliver essential services to their citizens. However, in today's digital age, civil registration systems face numerous security challenges that jeopardize the integrity and confidentiality of vital information. This paper highlights some of the key security challenges encountered in civil registration systems and outlines potential strategies to address them. Firstly, the digitization of civil registration processes has opened new avenues for cyber threats. Malicious actors may attempt to compromise the security of databases, manipulate or steal vital records, or disrupt services through cyberattacks. Robust cybersecurity measures, including encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and regular security audits, are essential to safeguard sensitive data and ensure the continuity of civil registration operations. Secondly, the issue of identity theft poses a significant challenge to civil registration security. Fraudulent practices, such as the creation of fake identities or the alteration of existing records, can undermine the trustworthiness of the system and lead to the misallocation of resources. The implementation of identity verification mechanisms, such as biometrics or unique identifiers, can enhance the accuracy and integrity of civil registration data while reducing the risk of identity fraud. Thirdly, ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of individuals' personal information is critical in civil registration systems. With the increasing digitization and interconnectedness of data, there is a heightened risk of unauthorized access or data breaches. Strong data protection regulations, robust access controls, and encryption techniques can help mitigate these risks, fostering public trust and confidence in civil registration processes. Moreover, the challenge of inclusivity must be addressed to ensure the effectiveness and reliability of civil registration systems. Marginalized populations, including refugees, migrants, and those residing in remote areas, may face barriers in accessing civil registration services, leaving them vulnerable to identity-related challenges. Deploying mobile registration units, leveraging innovative technologies, and promoting community engagement are strategies that can improve inclusivity and extend the benefits of civil registration to all individuals.

CYBER SECURITY IN DECENTRALIZED WEB 3.0 INTERNET ECOSYSTEM

The article examines the problem of cyber security on the Internet; the main principles of improving the global culture of safe network interaction are clarified. Issues related to ensuring personal information security while using Internet systems are considered. Cyber security is an important issue in today’s world, and its protection requires an appropriate level of attention. The importance of knowledge about technologies and methods of protection against cyber threats for everyone who uses computer systems and the Internet is noted. The relevance of studying cyber security by students is considered. Because cyber threats can pose a serious threat to the security and privacy of personal information, it is important that students have knowledge of the basic technologies and techniques to protect themselves against cyber threats. Also, many students study digital technology and computer science, which makes knowledge about cyber security even more important. While students may study various aspects of cyber security as part of their degree program, it is important for them to develop general understanding of how to protect themselves and their computer systems from cyber threats.
 The article describes how the study of social engineering will help students understand the tactics, techniques, and approaches used by attackers to obtain sensitive information. It is important that they understand the ways in which cyber security systems can be attacked and the methods that can be used to prevent such attacks. Web 3.0, technology is considered in detail as a new generation of the Internet, which involves a more decentralized and intelligent network, with more structured data and the ability for automated processing. The main components of Web 3.0 are described: blockchain, semantic web, artificial intelligence and decentralization. The importance of protecting personal information and security against misuse of information in the latest Internet ecosystems is indicated. With the development of Web 3.0, there are more and more questions about privacy and security on the Internet. The article examines the importance of developing effective protection methods and regulating the use of these technologies to ensure a safe and reliable Internet for users. Web 3.0 technology has great potential for the development of the Internet ecosystem, and will become the basis for new innovations and opportunities in various fields. However, it is necessary to ensure the protection of personal information and security against abuse in order to ensure the positive impact of these technologies on society.

When Those With Privacy Concerns Show Stronger In-Group Favoritism: Using Personal Information From In-Group and Out-Group Members to Identify Terrorist Threats

Terrorist threats and attacks provide major risks and sources of public crises in the 21st century. New probabilistic computing technologies possess the capability of increasing the success of identifying terrorist threats and solving cybersecurity and encryption problems more efficiently. However, to identify terrorist threats, these technologies would require the use of a large amount of personal data, which cause potential concerns for privacy. We offer a social-identity explanation of public support for the detection of terrorist threats through the use of online personal data. A survey study ( N = 1,204) revealed strong support for the provided social-identity explanation of public perceptions. As expected, respondents displayed in-group favoritism by more strongly supporting the use of private personal information from out-group members (non-U.S. citizens) than from in-group members (U.S. citizens). The observed in-group favoritism was most pronounced when respondents had both a strong national identity and a strong sense of general privacy concern. The observed differences were independent of respondents’ political orientation and age.

Research on Blockchain Anonymous Communication Based on Key Derivation

Abstract With the continuous development of the Internet and communication technologies, network communication provides convenience but also brings security problems such as exposure of users' personal privacy information and theft, private tampering, and forgery of false information. Modern cryptography technology is an important safeguard against message eavesdropping and tampering, while the rapidly developing anonymous communication technology in this century makes it difficult for attackers to infer user's personal information and communication relationships. In response to the potential threats of traditional centralized systems such as central nodes being vulnerable to attacks and data storage being tampered with, this paper proposes a blockchain anonymous communication algorithm KDAC based on key derivation, which takes advantage of the decentralization, data immutability, consensus mechanism and anonymity of blockchain and combines the ECC cryptographic derivation algorithm and anonymous communication technology to realize the key-at-a-time, one-address-at-a-time The key derivation scheme ensures the message integrity and tamper-evident while effectively hiding the identity information of both communication parties. In addition, this paper also optimizes the blockchain anonymous communication system with key derivation. Users only need the initial key of blockchain nodes to join the network for communication, and the information transmission is difficult to trace based on the blockchain network, which can effectively guarantee communication security and anonymity. The experimental results show that the efficiency of the derived key algorithm is roughly in the same order of magnitude as that of the 256-bit AES symmetric encryption algorithm, which can play a better role in practical applications. On the other hand, the derived key generated based on the algorithm has complete randomness in association verification, and it is impossible to reverse the initial parameters, which can well guarantee the anonymity of user identity.

A Study on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests in Online Shopping

With the rapid development of today’s social and economic landscape, the internet has become an integral part of people’s lives. People increasingly use internet technology to facilitate their daily activities. Online shopping, as a new shopping model, is particularly welcomed by consumers due to its convenience, affordability, and speedy delivery. However, given its characteristic virtuality, openness, and sharing, consumers’ personal privacy information may be compromised, and their rights to fair trade and claims can be difficult to enforce. Consequently, ensuring and protecting consumers’ rights and interests in online shopping has become a critical issue. This paper investigates consumer rights and interests in online shopping, and proposes effective strategies to protect consumers’ rights and interests. The aim of these recommendations is to achieve a balanced and healthy online shopping environment that will contribute to both social and economic development.