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Privacy in the Digital Age: a Review of Information Privacy Research in Information Systems1

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Bélanger, France, Crossler, Robert E.·2011·MIS Quarterly
DOI 10.2307/41409971
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Information privacy refers to the desire of individuals to control or have some influence over data about themselves. Advances in information technology have raised concerns about information privacy and its impacts, and have motivated Information Systems researchers to explore information privacy issues, including technical solutions to address these concerns. In this paper, we inform researchers about the current state of information privacy research in IS through a critical analysis of the IS literature that considers information privacy as a key construct. The review of the literature reveals that information privacy is a multilevel concept, but rarely studied as such. We also find that information privacy research has been heavily reliant on student-based and USA-centric samples, which results in findings of limited generalizability. Information privacy research focuses on explaining and predicting theoretical contributions, with few studies in journal articles focusing on design and action contributions. We recommend that future research should consider different levels of analysis as well as multilevel effects of information privacy. We illustrate this with a multilevel framework for information privacy concerns. We call for research on information privacy to use a broader diversity of sampling populations, and for more design and action information privacy research to be published in journal articles that can result in IT artifacts for protection or control of information privacy.

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  1. Bélanger, 2009, Children Online Privacy: Issues with Parental Awareness and Control, 311
  2. Donlan, A. E. 2007. “The IAPP Unveils Winners of the 2007 HP-IAPP Privacy Innovation Awards,” Marketwire (https://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Iapp-784595.html; retrieved August 19, 2009).
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Authors
Bélanger, F., & Crossler, R. E.
Affiliations
  • Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, 3007 Pamplin Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0101 U.S.A.
  • Mississippi State University (US)
ORCID
Crossler, Robert E.
Venue
MIS Quarterly
Publisher
MIS Quarterly
Published
2011-12-01
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
1017-A36
ISSN
  • 0276-7783 (ISSN-L)
  • 2162-9730
DOI
10.2307/41409971
OpenAlex
W1870146437
Cited by
1,339
References
501
Citations by year
2026: 108 · 2025: 94 · 2024: 110 · 2023: 112 · 2022: 114 · 2021: 111 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 88 · 2018: 107 · 2017: 74 · 2016: 83 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 70 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 23
FWCI
145.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • MIS Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
Keywords
data privacy, multilevel analysis, multi-level framework, privacy concerns, privacy preservation, data control, digital era

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