Raising Awareness for Privacy Risks and Supporting Protection in the Light of Digital Inequalities

Meier, Yannic

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-31971-6_5

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“…Hence, future studies as well as policy makers should find ways of how to balance these digital inequalities. Although a large body of empirical research focused on transparency mechanisms and training of digital skills, digital inequalities remain largely unaddressed (see Meier, 2023). Moreover, the results of the present study underline that selfdata management practices which are required by several privacy regulations such as the GDPR or CCPA ignore that certain user segments are less confident or literate to engage in privacy management practices.…”

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Differences in Access to Privacy Information Can Partly Explain Digital Inequalities in Privacy Literacy and Self-Efficacy

Meier¹,

Krämer²

2023

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While users of digital technologies are still held primarily responsible for managing their personal data, researchers find systematic sociodemographic differences in, for example, users’ privacy literacy and self-efficacy – two important predictors of privacy management. The present study argues that one reason for these digital inequalities is how easily people have access to privacy information in their everyday lives (e.g., through their profession or social contacts). Analyzing data of a representative sample of German internet users (N = 3978) by means of a Bayesian structural equation model, we find that men and more educated persons report easier access to privacy information which, in turn, positively relates to both privacy literacy and self-efficacy. Older persons feel less confident about their privacy protection abilities while men and more highly educated persons have higher privacy literacy levels. In conclusion, the present study reveals that casual access to privacy information can be important in learning and being confident about privacy management, but it cannot fully explain digital inequalities in online privacy self-efficacy and literacy.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%