Personalization vs. Privacy Invasion © 2001 Ann Schlosser, University of Washington Business School
Agenda Consumer preferences Current state of Web sites’ privacy practices Empowering consumers: P3P
Tradeoffs
Information Willing to Share
Exchange Personal Information For Certain Benefits Source: Harris Interactive
Influences on Sharing Information With a Health Web Site
Trust vs. Concern
How do you establish an image of trust? Fundamental “forms” to communicate trustworthiness –Brand –Navigation –Fulfillment –Presentation –Up-to-date technology –Logos of security –Address security and privacy concerns Clearly-stated policies Limited information requests Guarentees Communication channels Source: Cheskin Research and Studio Archetype/Sapient
Prevalence of Privacy Policies
Implementing FTC Fair Information Practices
Consumer Accessibility to Personal Information
Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Firm SideUser Side
Preference settings
Transparency P3P clients can check a privacy policy each time it changes P3P clients can check privacy policies on all objects in a web page, including ads and invisible images
Trust Meter
Double clicking on the P3P icon indicates where the site’s policy differs from the user’s preferences
Searching for a P3P policy No P3P policy found P3P policy is NOT acceptable P3P policy is acceptable IDcide P3P Icons
Sites can list the types of data they collect And view the corresponding P3P policy
Recommended Sites –Acceptable privacy protection for EU