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What's wrong with online privacy policies?

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Research has shown that privacy policies tend to intensify privacy concerns rather than engender trust. One way to combat this dichotomy is to redesign their content, language, and presentation format.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 9
          ACM's plan to go online first
          September 2007
          104 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1284621
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