Title
User Perceptions of Privacy and Security on the Web
Abstract
This paper describes an online survey that was conducted to explore typical Internet users' awareness and knowledge of specific technologies that relate to their security and privacy when using a Web browser to access the Internet. The survey was conducted using an anonymous, online questionnaire. Over a four month period, 237 individuals completed the questionnaire. Respondents were predominately Canadian, with substantial numbers from the United Kingdom and the United States. Important findings include evidence that users have tried to educate themselves regarding their online security and privacy, but with limited success; different interpretations of the term "secure Web site" can lead to very different levels of trust in a site; respondents strongly expressed their skepticism about privacy policies, but nevertheless believe that sites can be trusted to respect their stated policies; and users may confuse browser cookies with other types of data stored locally by browsers, leading to inappropriate conclusions about the risks they present.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2005
PST
usability,transparency,risk,risk management,www.,trust,privacy,web browser,web,security,human factors,privacy policy
Field
DocType
Citations 
World Wide Web,Internet privacy,Privacy by Design,Computer science,Computer security,Privacy policy,Usability,Computer-assisted web interviewing,Risk management,Information privacy,Privacy software,The Internet
Conference
20
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.08
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Scott Flinn1546.21
Jo Lumsden2868.02