Competing with Privacy

Competing with Privacy

We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition in the marketplace. We consider a market where rms set prices and disclosure levels for consumer information and consumers observe both before deciding which rm to patronize and how much information to provide it with. The provision and disclosure of information presents tradeo s for all market participants. Consumers bene t from p...

Designing for Privacy and Other Competing Requirements

Privacy may be interpreted in different ways in different contexts, and may be achieved by means of different mechanisms. It is also frequently intertwined with security concerns. However, other requirements as functionality, availability, confidentiality and others must be addressed also since, not rarely, they compete among each other. While understanding the proper ways of addressing privacy...

OSHA records and privacy: competing interests in the workplace.

INTRODUCTION As a part of its program to improve workplace conditions, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has begun to impose extensive medical recordkeeping requirements on employers. 2 These records will contain the information obtained from periodic medical surveillance examinations OSHA requires employers to provide, 3 and from the "workplace logs" documenting employee...

Competing with Asking Prices

Competing with Asking Prices In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller is willing to take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the seller receives no better offers. Despite their prevalence in a variety of ...

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