Paper Number
2335
Paper Type
Completed
Description
The voluntary infection disclosure in contact-tracing applications is a prominent context where individuals disclose their data for the benefit of others, thereby demonstrating a form of prosocial behavior. Defining such distinct types of data disclosures as prosocial data disclosures, we propose that the often-implicit assumption in privacy research that individuals consider benefits and costs solely from a “self-focused” perspective, should be reassessed to develop a new theory to explain prosocial data disclosures. To advance our understanding of the antecedents of prosocial data disclosure, our explorative research consists of a structured literature review and two qualitative surveys among 318 users of a European contact-tracing application. Our results indicate that the antecedents of prosocial data disclosures are generally evaluated from both a “self-focused” and an “other-focused” perspective. Within the specific context of infection disclosures, the main drivers are other-focused benefits while self-focused benefits have almost no relevance.
Recommended Citation
Ghaffar, Abdul Muqeet and Widjaja, Thomas, "Towards a Theory to Explain Prosocial Data Disclosure - An Explorative Investigation of the Antecedents of Infection Disclosure" (2023). ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2023/cyber_security/cyber_security/4
Towards a Theory to Explain Prosocial Data Disclosure - An Explorative Investigation of the Antecedents of Infection Disclosure
The voluntary infection disclosure in contact-tracing applications is a prominent context where individuals disclose their data for the benefit of others, thereby demonstrating a form of prosocial behavior. Defining such distinct types of data disclosures as prosocial data disclosures, we propose that the often-implicit assumption in privacy research that individuals consider benefits and costs solely from a “self-focused” perspective, should be reassessed to develop a new theory to explain prosocial data disclosures. To advance our understanding of the antecedents of prosocial data disclosure, our explorative research consists of a structured literature review and two qualitative surveys among 318 users of a European contact-tracing application. Our results indicate that the antecedents of prosocial data disclosures are generally evaluated from both a “self-focused” and an “other-focused” perspective. Within the specific context of infection disclosures, the main drivers are other-focused benefits while self-focused benefits have almost no relevance.
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