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标题：A CASE STUDY IN PERSONAL PRIVACY
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作者：James J. Cappel ; Vishal Shah
期刊名称：Issues in Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1529-7314
出版年度：2017
卷号：18
期号：3
页码：62-68
出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：While the Internet is a powerful and positive influence in many ways, it also raises ongoing ethical challenges. Thispaper examines individual perceptions about personal privacy as it relates to a genealogy website that receivedgreater attention after the publication of a 2017 article in the Washington Post. A survey of more than 100undergraduates revealed that very few respondents were aware of this website, and they overwhelmingly recognizedthe potential for misuse of the information it provides. While most subjects agreed that this website’s practices arelegal, opinion was largely divided about a range of ethical issues that appear to be raised by this site. For example,more than one-half of respondents indicated that they thought this website invades personal privacy, and only aboutone-third of participants had no problem with this website. This exploratory study raises a number of issues aboutInternet privacy that have potential implications for educators, researchers and lawmakers.
关键词：Legal and Ethical Issues in IT; Privacy of Information