Enhancing university students' privacy literacy through an educational intervention: a Greek case-study

Sideri, Maria; Kitsiou, Angeliki; Tzortzaki, Eleni; Kalloniatis, Christos; Gritzalis, Stefanos

doi:10.1504/ijeg.2019.103719

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“…In this frame, public informational campaigns have been shown to improve users' knowledge and to provide skills to combat cyber threats [20], while educational programs and interventions involving knowledge about data collection and processing procedures, data usage and data accessibility by others are also crucial [21]. These awareness measures should obviously include information regarding current legislation [22] in an understandable way using, for instance, examples and icons for the rights GDPR guarantees as well as instructions for the exercise of these rights.…”

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Are We Really Informed on the Rights GDPR Guarantees?

Sideri

Gritzalis

2020

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Enhancing data subjects' rights in order to increase control over personal data is doubtless GDPR's priority. Though, the protection of personal data and human rights does not rely only on the legal framework, but also on data subjects' knowledge regarding their right to data protection. This paper building upon a research having explored a group of Greek data subjects' extent of knowledge about the rights GDPR guarantees which revealed that there is not sufficient knowledge for all the rights investigated, aims to explore factors that affect the extent of rights knowledge focusing on information sources and demographic variables. The results show that rights knowledge extent is not that much affected by respondents' demographic characteristics, while on the contrary the sources of information on GDPR impact more. This generates the need for more awareness programs, national campaigns and educational interventions on GDPR targeted to the public, in order to prevent the emergence of a new form of inequality between data subjects as a result of rights' knowledge gap.

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Are We Really Informed on the Rights GDPR Guarantees?

Sideri

Gritzalis

2020

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…The frequency with which students feel that their privacy has been leaked in the online learning platform ( M = 3.35) is between “normal” and “occasionally.” In the process of online learning, the threat of cyber-attacks is often neglected or downplayed. Although some students may express their concerns, research showed that most students have limited ability to deal with data privacy issues because they lack the necessary knowledge and skills to handle these issues ( Sideri et al, 2019 ). Dinev et al (2015) revealed that individuals with fewer cognitive resources or with a heavier cognitive burden tend to perform low-effort processing.…”

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On Students’ Willingness to Use Online Learning: A Privacy Calculus Theory Approach

2022

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Online learning platforms frequently collect and store learners’ data to personalize content and improve learning analytics, but this also increases the likelihood of privacy breaches which may reduce learners’ willingness to use online learning. This study aims to examine how perceptions of benefits, privacy, risk, and trust affect students’ willingness to use online learning. We used the Privacy Calculus Theory as a theoretical framework for this study. To test the model, we surveyed 203 undergraduate students who used online learning. The results of the AMOS analysis revealed that students’ risk perception has a significant negative effect on their willingness to use online learning, while their benefit perception and trust perception have positive effects. Furthermore, the study found that improved trust can reduce perceived risk and improve willingness to use online learning. Interestingly, privacy perception is not a significant predictor of students’ willingness to use online learning, although it is a high concern factor. Discussion and conclusion are discussed at the end.

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“…Literacy can be defined with the fusion of two terms, which are knowledge and skills. (Sideri et al, 2019) The concept of digital literacy may seem to have the same sense as privacy literacy, notwithstanding it should be emphasized that there are significant differences between the two terminologies. The term of privacy literacy is focused on the understanding of the responsibilities and risks associated with sharing information online, on the contrary digital literacy focuses on the taskbased use of information in a digital environment.…”

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Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days

2022

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My personal collaboration with Tim Kraski as a research assistant was extraordinary. Together, we have organized, among other things, numerous conferences (besides the European e|Dem and e|Gov Days) as well as study trips with student groups to Brussels. Also, we conceived and implemented together the binational doctoral program and the double master's program "Governance in Multilevel Systems -International Relations/Science of State" of the Andrássy University of Budapest and the University of Passau. Tim has always performed these tasks with great commitment, extraordinary skills and impressive engagement. Also, he was a popular and committed lecturer among our students at the Andrássy University. His courses were perfectly prepared and loved for their great atmosphere.Besides working at my Chair and on his dissertation, Tim Kraski showed a keen interest in current political issues. A particular focus of interest was in the field of political education. He was well aware that a free and democratic political order depends on the political education of its citizens. His numerous papers and conference lectures are evidence of his great academic interest and engagement.With Tim Kraski our conference community, the Andrássy University and the scientific community lose an extremely committed and talented young man who, with his dedication and skills, could have done so much more for his academic field and for political education. All people who worked with him are losing a colleague and a friend who demonstrated a great ability for a wonderful cooperation, and who was highly valued for his friendly manner, his humour and his great attention for his colleagues. Personally, I am losing a doctoral student, a colleague and a friend who was a particularly important dialog partner for me. Tim Kraski died much too young, but he will stay with us in our memories. Our thoughts are with his closest relatives -his wife, his parents and his sister -to whom we owe our sincere condolences.

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Enhancing university students' privacy literacy through an educational intervention: a Greek case-study

Cited by 8 publications

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Are We Really Informed on the Rights GDPR Guarantees?

Are We Really Informed on the Rights GDPR Guarantees?

On Students’ Willingness to Use Online Learning: A Privacy Calculus Theory Approach

Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days

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