Monday Research Seminar Series
April 21, Jeffrey Hunker
Noon, Hamburg Hall, Room 1502
A Privacy Expectations and Security Assurance Offer System
Consumers accessing web sites for information or to purchase products face limited opportunity to express their privacy preferences, and even less recourse if security violations lead to inadvertent disclosure of privacy sensitive information. A privacy expectations and security assurance offer system is proposed in which on-line organizations with web sites offer consumers, in exchange for a fee, a choice of privacy preferences and information security levels; if privacy is violated under the terms of this privacy expectations and security assurance instrument, consumers will be compensated. The proposed offer system directly links responsibility and accountability for security of privacy information to the on-line organization, and has other benefits. Adoption is problematic, and will require market experimentation.
