Modern Socio-Technical Perspectives on Privacy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction and Overview

   • Bart P. Knijnenburg, Xinru Page, Pamela Wisniewski, Heather Richter Lipford, Nicholas Proferes, Jennifer Romano

   Pages 1-11Open Access

3. Privacy Theory and Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Privacy Theories and Frameworks

      • Pamela J. Wisniewski, Xinru Page

      Pages 15-41Open Access

   3. Revisiting APCO

      • Christoph Buck, Tamara Dinev, Reza Ghaiumy Anaraky

      Pages 43-60Open Access

   4. Privacy and Behavioral Economics

      • Alessandro Acquisti, Laura Brandimarte, George Loewenstein

      Pages 61-77Open Access

   5. The Development of Privacy Norms

      • Nicholas Proferes

      Pages 79-90Open Access

   6. Privacy Beyond the Individual Level

      • Jennifer Jiyoung Suh, Miriam J. Metzger

      Pages 91-109Open Access

4. Domains

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Social Media and Privacy

      • Xinru Page, Sara Berrios, Daricia Wilkinson, Pamela J. Wisniewski

      Pages 113-147Open Access

   3. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

      • Kent Seamons

      Pages 149-170Open Access

   4. Tracking and Personalization

      • Rahat Masood, Shlomo Berkovsky, Mohamed Ali Kaafar

      Pages 171-202Open Access

   5. Healthcare Privacy

      • Vivian Genaro Motti, Shlomo Berkovsky

      Pages 203-231Open Access

   6. Privacy and the Internet of Things

      • Heather Richter Lipford, Madiha Tabassum, Paritosh Bahirat, Yaxing Yao, Bart P. Knijnenburg

      Pages 233-264Open Access

5. Audiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265

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   2. Cross-Cultural Privacy Differences

      • Yao Li

      Pages 267-292Open Access

   3. Accessible Privacy

      • Yang Wang, Charlotte Emily Price

      Pages 293-313Open Access

   4. Privacy in Adolescence

      • Pamela J. Wisniewski, Jessica Vitak, Heidi Hartikainen

      Pages 315-336Open Access

   5. Privacy and Vulnerable Populations

      • Nora McDonald, Andrea Forte

      Pages 337-363Open Access

6. Moving Forward

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 365-365

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This open access book provides researchers and professionals with a foundational understanding of online privacy as well as insight into the socio-technical privacy issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems, covering several modern topics (e.g., privacy in social media, IoT) and underexplored areas (e.g., privacy accessibility, privacy for vulnerable populations, cross-cultural privacy).

The book is structured in four parts, which follow after an introduction to privacy on both a technical and social level: Privacy Theory and Methods covers a range of theoretical lenses through which one can view the concept of privacy. The chapters in this part relate to modern privacy phenomena, thus emphasizing its relevance to our digital, networked lives. Next, Domains covers a number of areas in which privacy concerns and implications are particularly salient, including among others social media, healthcare, smart cities, wearable IT, and trackers. The Audiences section then highlights audiences that have traditionally been ignored when creating privacy-preserving experiences: people from other (non-Western) cultures, people with accessibility needs, adolescents, and people who are underrepresented in terms of their race, class, gender or sexual identity, religion or some combination. Finally, the chapters in Moving Forward outline approaches to privacy that move beyond one-size-fits-all solutions, explore ethical considerations, and describe the regulatory landscape that governs privacy through laws and policies. Perhaps even more so than the other chapters in this book, these chapters are forward-looking by using current personalized, ethical and legal approaches as a starting point for re-conceptualizations of privacy to serve the modern technological landscape.

The book’s primary goal is to inform IT students, researchers, and professionals about both the fundamentals of online privacy and the issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems. Lecturers or teachers can assign (parts of) the book for a “professional issues” course. IT professionals may select chapters covering domains and audiences relevant to their field of work, as well as the Moving Forward chapters that cover ethical and legal aspects. Academics who are interested in studying privacy or privacy-related topics will find a broad introduction in both technical and social aspects.

• Open Access
• Human and societal aspects of security and privacy
• Information systems applications
• Privacy policies
• Social networks
• Social network security and privacy
• Privacy-enhancing technologies
• Social aspects of computer privacy

• Clemson University, Clemson, USA

  Bart P. Knijnenburg

• Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

  Xinru Page

• University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

  Pamela Wisniewski

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA

  Heather Richter Lipford

• School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

  Nicholas Proferes

• Bridgewater Associates, Westport, USA

  Jennifer Romano

Bart Knijnenburg is an Associate Professor at Clemson University who does research on privacy decision-making and the user experience of recommender systems. His lab’s work is supported by grants and fellowships from the US Army, Facebook, and the National Science Foundation.

Xinru Page is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University whose research focuses on privacy, social media, technology adoption, vulnerable populations, and individual differences. Her work has been funded by Disney Research, Samsung, Yahoo! Labs, and NSF. She has worked in the information risk industry leading interaction design and product management.

Pamela Wisniewski is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida whose research focuses on the interplay between social media, privacy, and online safety for adolescents. Her research has been funded by the NSF, William T. Grant Foundation, and Mozilla Research Foundation and been featured in major media outlets.

Heather Richter Lipford is a Professor in the Department of Software and Information Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests are in Human Computer Interaction, with a focus in usable privacy and security, secure programming, and social computing. At UNC Charlotte, she is a member of the HCI Lab, the Cyber Defense and Network Assurability Center, and the Cognitive Science Academy.

Nicholas Proferes is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University's School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His research interests include users’ understandings of socio-technical systems such as social media, societal discourse about technology, and issues of power and ethics in the digital landscape.

Jennifer Romano is a Senior User Experience (UX) Researcher and Manager at Google, and an Instructor and Faculty Member at the UC Berkeley Extension and the University of Maryland. She co-authored Usability Testing for Survey Research (2017) and Eye Tracking in User Experience Design (2014), and has conducted UX research in industry (Facebook, Instagram, Fors Marsh Group) and government (US Census Bureau), often focusing on privacy.