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Article: Raising a red flag on global WWW privacy policies
- Article from:
- The Journal of Computer Information Systems
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright International Association for Computer Information Systems Fall 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
Global e-commerce has become a reality for many as a result of the worldwide reach of the web. Although personal information privacy concerns have been around for hundreds of years, the introduction of global e-commerce and its associated technologies presents privacy concerns anew. The Global 500 companies are expected to be leaders in the use of technologies and business practices. This preliminary study examines web sites of the Global 500 and shows that different countries greatly vary in their use of privacy policies on their web sites and their use of seal programs as visible signs of attention to privacy concerns. Web sites from 12 of the 25 countries represented in the ...