Values, personal information privacy, and regulatory approaches

Abstract

The relationships among nationality, cultural values, personal information privacy concerns, and information privacy regulation are examined in this article.

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Index Terms

• Security and privacy

  • Human and societal aspects of security and privacy

• Social and professional topics

  • Computing / technology policy

    • Privacy policies

  • Professional topics

    • Computing profession

      • Codes of ethics