Abstract
Concern over information privacy is widespread and rising. However, prior research is silent about the value of information privacy and the benefit of privacy protection. We conducted a conjoint analysis to explore individualsí trade-offs between the benefits and costs of providing personal information to Websites. We find that economic incentives (monetary reward and future convenience) do affect individualsí preferences over Websites with differing privacy policies. For instance, the disallowance of secondary use of personal information is worth between $39.83 and $49.78. Surprisingly, we find that cost-benefit trade-offs did not vary with personal characteristics including gender, contextual knowledge, individualism, and trust propensity.
Recommended Citation
Hann, Il-Horn; Hui, Kai-Lung; Lee, Tom; and Png, I., "Online Information Privacy: Measuring the Cost-Benefit Trade-Off" (2002). ICIS 2002 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2002/1