Privacy Policies in Web Sites of Portuguese Municipalities: An Empirical Study

Dias, Gonçalo Paiva; Gomes, Hélder; Zúquete, André

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0_9

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“…A large search result did not necessarily mean that the information retrieved was relevant, because a large search result often provided useless, outdated and irrelevant information. This is again in line with previous findings which have demonstrated that municipal websites have links that point to nonexistent privacy policies (Dias et al, 2013); most municipalities do not ensure the findability of privacy statements (Beldad et al, 2009); most often information that is available on a municipal website is related to buses, museums, libraries, touristic and culture (Miranda et al, 2009); and, websites are structurally difficult to navigate, and therefore the sites are in fact not open or accessible for citizens and the information they need cannot be found (West, 2004).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…The results are in line with previous findings (e.g. Dias et al, 2013;Beldad et al, 2009 andMiranda et al, 2009) that have indicated that not all municipalities regard FOI and privacy issues as a priority, and that not all municipalities bother to post the statements on their website. Although the Finnish FOI tradition has longer roots than the FOI practices in most countries, there were no differences in how FOI and privacy statements were presented at municipal websites.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Empirical studies analyzing privacy statements on commercial websites have been conducted, while privacy statements posted on municipalities' websites have been largely ignored. (Dias et al, 2013;Beldad et al, 2009). While there are no previous studies in Finnish context, FOI and privacy statements have been subject to study elsewhere.…”

Section: Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The conclusion of the study was that privacy is not a priority for Portuguese municipalities. (Dias et al, 2013.) Beldad et al (2009) analyzed the availability, the findability and the contents of privacy statements on Dutch municipal websites.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Availability and findability of FOI and privacy statements on Finnish municipalities’ websites

Kautto¹,

Henttonen²

2017

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FOI and privacy statements are statements in which an organization inform users about the accessibility of the digital and analog information in its custody and the privacy policy it has adopted. This study examined whether Finnish municipalities have posted FOI and privacy statements on their websites. At the first phase 309 municipal websites were examined to see whether the statements were located on the front page or if there were direct links to them at the front page. If the website did not have FOI or privacy statement or a link to statements at the front page, then it was studied whether the statements could be found easily in the municipal website by making a simple search. At the second phase 38 municipal websites were studied. The study resulted that FOI and privacy statements are non-existent on Finnish municipal websites. The study also revealed while there is sometimes an effort to provide information on municipal FOI and privacy practices, the information is scattered on the website and it is not easy to find. This is in accordance with the previous studies in other countries. Interestingly, long tradition of Finnish FOI legislation does not seem to make a difference when it comes to informing users about FOI and privacy policies. Future studies should examine how aware are the citizens about FOI and privacy rights; whether the citizens trust authorities in handling information; and what are the reasons why authorities ignore to inform the citizens about FOI and privacy practices.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Availability and findability of FOI and privacy statements on Finnish municipalities’ websites

Kautto¹,

Henttonen²

2017

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“…An emerging trend (e.g., Dias, Gomes, and Zuquete 2013;Yu et al 2011) is to examine not just if specific content is present but also the prominence of the content. For example, Dias and colleagues (2013) explored the prominence of privacy statements.…”

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How Website Design Options Affect Content Prominence: A Literature-Derived Framework Applied to SME Websites

Parker

Bellucci

Torlina

et al. 2015

Journal of Internet Commerce

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The literature offers a fragmented view of design options with the potential to affect the prominence of selected content (e.g., privacy information) on organizational websites. This article contributes to knowledge by consolidating the design options into a single framework. It argues that future research should consider how the design options in combination, not just individually, can affect content prominence. The article summarizes the types of qualitative and quantitative studies needed to apply and extend the framework. It presents an example qualitative study showing how the framework can be applied to, and extended by, examining the prominence of ecologically sustainable practices (i.e., green content) on small and medium enterprise websites. The example study emphasizes the value of the framework by illustrating how content prominence may vary depending on interrelationships between design options. The article finally offers suggestions on how

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Online Privacy Protection in Chinese City Governments: An Analysis of Privacy Statements

Reddick

Zheng²

2017

International E-Government Development

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Privacy Policies in Web Sites of Portuguese Municipalities: An Empirical Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Availability and findability of FOI and privacy statements on Finnish municipalities’ websites

Availability and findability of FOI and privacy statements on Finnish municipalities’ websites

How Website Design Options Affect Content Prominence: A Literature-Derived Framework Applied to SME Websites

Online Privacy Protection in Chinese City Governments: An Analysis of Privacy Statements

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