Mobile users’ information privacy concerns and the role of app permission requests
| Autor: | Kenan Degirmenci |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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App permission requests
Information privacy 080609 Information Systems Management Computer Networks and Communications Computer science Internet privacy 02 engineering and technology Library and Information Sciences Permission Information privacy concerns Structural equation modeling 020204 information systems 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Perceived control Mobile users Practical implications 080600 INFORMATION SYSTEMS business.industry 05 social sciences Mobile privacy Predictive value Test (assessment) Online survey 050211 marketing business Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Information Management |
| ISSN: | 0268-4012 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.05.010 |
| Popis: | Recent privacy-related incidents of mobile services have shown that app stores and providers face the challenge of mobile users’ information privacy concerns, which can prevent users from installing mobile apps or induce them to uninstall an app. In this paper, we investigate the role of app permission requests and compare the impact on privacy concerns with other antecedents of information privacy concerns, i.e., prior privacy experience, computer anxiety, and perceived control. To test these effects empirically, we conducted an online survey with 775 participants. Results of our structural equation modeling show that prior privacy experience, computer anxiety, and perceived control have significant effects on privacy concerns. However, concerns for app permission requests have approximately twice as much predictive value than the other factors put together to explain mobile users’ overall information privacy concerns. We expect that our findings can provide a theoretical contribution for future mobile privacy research as well as practical implications for app stores and providers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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