background and objectives: respecting privacy means respecting individuals, their dignity and independence. it is mandatory to observe privacy in health-care systems. therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of expressing nursing students’ experience of privacy in pediatrics ward. methods: this qualitative study was done inductively using content analysis method. the participants incl...

This paper aims to provide a critical contribution to the ongoing discourse on self-regulation with regard to privacy and data protection. This discourse encompasses the amendment of the EU Data Protection Directive and the related discussion about a principle of accountability. Underlying these conceptualisations is the assumption that data protection law is generally observed, but could be si...

Since May 2018, companies have been required to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The compliance process can be very expensive, for example, specialized human resources are needed who need study regulations and then implement any changes in company procedures, IT applications infrastructures. With this mind, PADRES a tool PrivAcy, REgulation Security was developed analy...

Advertisers use online customer data to target their marketing appeals. This has heightened consumers’ privacy concerns, leading governments to pass laws designed to protect consumer privacy by restricting the use of data and by restricting online tracking techniques used by websites. We use the responses of 3.3 million survey-takers who had been randomly exposed to 9,596 online display (banner...

The rise of electronic commerce and the Internet have created new technologies and capabilities, which increase concern for privacy online. This study reports on the results of an investigation of Internet users attitudes towards concern for privacy online, online behaviours adopted under varying levels of concern for privacy (high, moderate and low) and the types of information Internet users ...

It seems that the relation of the concept of privacy and the concept of the personal information are misunderstood. The privacy comes from the personality, and it is a normative concept. On the other hand, personal information is a fact about each individual. In Japan, Privacy protection is often confused with personal data protection when talking about the Internet. But the leakage of personal...