Criteria for Privacy Supporting System

The concern about privacy issues has increased among web store customers. The merchants are trying to convince the public about the level of privacy on their sites by using privacy statements. This is not, however, an easy task, because the very nature of privacy is unclear. It is hard to define the requirements for a system that is capable of protecting the privacy of the users. The approach of this study is first to explore the research on the psychological processes of privacy regulation and then to analyse its fundamental elements. Thereafter, the acquired knowledge is used to define a set of criteria for a system that is able to fulfill the requirements of human privacy processing and is able to support that process in online situations.