Moving from opt-out to opt-in? Online information disclosure and privacy policies in an era of personalisation(Article)
- aInterdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 9 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- bInterdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Sint-Michielsstraat 6 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
- cUnited Nations University - Maastricht University, Keizer-Karelplein-19-6211-TC-Maastricht, Netherlands
Abstract
The advent of social networks has led to new questions in the area of privacy. Facebook continuously works on its privacy control panel to help simplify its notoriously confusing privacy options. However, organisations have criticised Facebook's approach to privacy, namely providing its members with opt-out choices. Why is Facebook forcing members to deny permission after sharing personal information with third parties, rather than asking explicit consent in advance? We examine this question from an integrated social scientific and legal approach by elaborating Facebook's privacy policy and by using the results from the research project 'Cultural Profile and Information Database' (CUPID). © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
- ISSN: 17427509
- Source Type: Journal
- Original language: English
- DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2011.041713
- Document Type: Article
- Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Vleugels, C.; Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium;
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