Online consumer protection [electronic resource] : theories of human relativism / Kuanchin Chen, Adam Fadlalla [editors].
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.Description: electronic texts (xx, 439 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781605660134 (ebook)
- 1605660132 (ebook)
- Consumer protection
- Ethical relativism
- Privacy, Right of
- Electronic commerce -- Security measures
- Electronic information resources -- Access control
- Disclosure of information
- Computer crimes
- Biometric controls
- Computer hackers
- Consumer online privacy
- Cross-cultural privacy perceptions
- Cybermedicine
- Data protection in the United States
- Digital rights management systems
- E-consumer privacy
- FOIL requirements
- Government stewardship of online information
- Internet performance
- Internet privacy
- Japanese online privacy protection
- Legal framework for data and consumer protection
- Online consumer privacy
- Online information exchange
- Online interactions
- Online marketing
- Online privacy legal issues
- Online privacy policies
- Online privacy protection behavior
- Online trust
- Online vulnerability and threats
- Practical privacy assessment
- Privacy control and assurance
- Privacy legislation and litigation
- Technology convenience
- Technology intrusion
- Telemedicine
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- HC79.C63 O55 2009e
- Also available in print.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-428) and index.
Section I. Background -- 1. Google: Technological Convenience vs. Technological Intrusion -- 2. A Taxonomic View of Consumer Online Privacy Legal Issues, Legislation, and Litigation -- 3. Online Privacy, Vulnerabilities, and Threats: A Manager's Perspective --
Section II. Frameworks and Models -- 4. Practical Privacy Assessments -- 5. Privacy and Trust in Online Interactions -- 6. Current Measures to Protect E-Consumers' Privacy in Australia -- 7. Antecedents of Online Privacy Protection Behavior: Towards an Integrative Model --
Section III. Empirical Assessments -- 8. Privacy Control and Assurance: Does Gender Influence Online Information Exchange? -- 9. A Profile of the Demographics, Psychological Predispositions, and Social/Behavioral Patterns of Computer Hacker Insiders and Outsiders -- 10. Privacy or Performance Matters on the Internet: Revisiting Privacy Toward a Situational Paradigm --
Section IV. Consumer Privacy in Business -- 11. Online Consumer Privacy and Digital Rights Management Systems -- 12. Online Privacy and Marketing: Current Issues for Consumers and Marketers -- 13. An Analysis of Online Privacy Policies of Fortune 100 Companies -- 14. Cross Cultural Perceptions on Privacy in The United States, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Taiwan --
Section V. Policies, Techniques, and Laws for Protection -- 15. Biometric Controls and Privacy -- 16. Government Stewardship of Online Information: FOIA Requirements and Other Considerations -- 17. The Legal Framework for Data and Consumer Protection in Europe -- 18. Cybermedicine, Telemedicine, and Data Protection in the United States -- 19. Online Privacy Protection in Japan: The Current Status and Practices -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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"This book is designed to offer readers a comprehensive way to understand the nature of online threats, consumer concerns, and techniques for online privacy protection"--Provided by publisher.
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