In this paper, we study online privacy lies: lies primarily aimed at protecting privacy. Going beyond privacy lenses that focus on privacy concerns or cost/benefit analyses, we explore how contextual factors, motivations, and individuallevel characteristics affect lying behavior through a 356person survey. We find that statistical models to predict privacy lies that include attitudes about lyin...

Ninety-nine police officers, not identified in previous research as belonging to groups which are superior in lie detection, attempted to detect truths and lies told by suspects during their videotaped police interviews. Accuracy rates were higher than typically found in deception research and reached levels similar to those obtained by specialized lie detectors in previous research. Accuracy w...