2011
DOI: 10.1108/14636691111174243
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Social media and cookies: challenges for online privacy

Abstract: Purpose -The advent of Web 2.0 or so-called social media have enabled a new kind of communication, called mass self-communication. These tools and the new form of communication are believed to empower users in everyday life. The authors of this paper observe a paradox: if this positive potential is possible, the negative downside is also possible. There is often a denial of this downside and it is especially visible in social media at the level of privacy and dataveillance. The purpose of this paper is to illu… Show more

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“…Personalization of advertisements utilizing the internet is made possible by cookies technology. The basic function of cookies is to allow the server or site manager to have a memory that will recognize users and their previous activity on the website concerned (Piersen and Heyman 2011). The information collected by cookies can be in the form of user names, to more specific data such as user movements on the internet (history) (Gerdman and Nordqvist, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Personalization of advertisements utilizing the internet is made possible by cookies technology. The basic function of cookies is to allow the server or site manager to have a memory that will recognize users and their previous activity on the website concerned (Piersen and Heyman 2011). The information collected by cookies can be in the form of user names, to more specific data such as user movements on the internet (history) (Gerdman and Nordqvist, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the urgency of the task, users may be more likely to accept that online cookies without reading the "terms of use" or fail to customize their privacy settings since they are experiencing stress. Such actions grant the permission to collect their digital footprint via cookies, even if that outcome is not what the user intended or desired (Pierson & Heyman, 2011). Such behavior can increase the possibility and risks of data aggregation and information misuse (Mellet & Beauvisage, 2020).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this sector, the key role players can take motivational or corrective measures in the usage of social networking sites. This they do by determining the factors and nature of usage of social networking sites (Pierson and Heyman, 2011). Based on the knowledge of the researcher, no such study has been conducted on the factors considered imperative for the adoption of social networking sites.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%