Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism

Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism

Kuanchin Chen, Adam Fadlalla
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: September, 2008|Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 462
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-012-7
ISBN13: 9781605660127|ISBN10: 1605660124|EISBN13: 9781605660134
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Description:

Technology is a double-edged sword that not only brings convenience, but also allows for easier way to collect, explore, and exchange information on or off line. Consumer concerns grow as security breaches and privacy invasions are uncovered ever more frequently, creating the necessity for online consumer protection.

Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism presents the academic community with a broad range of international findings in online consumer protection, encapsulating years of expert online privacy research in one comprehensive resource. Designed to offer understanding in the nature of online threats, consumer concerns, and techniques for online privacy protection, this book is a must-have for researchers and practitioners worldwide.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Biometric controls
  • Computer hackers
  • Consumer online privacy
  • Cross-cultural privacy perceptions
  • Cybermedicine
  • Data protection in the United States
  • Digital rights management systems
  • E-consumer privacy
  • FOIL requirements
  • Government stewardship of online information
  • Internet performance
  • Internet Privacy
  • Japanese online privacy protection
  • Legal framework for data and consumer protection
  • Online consumer privacy
  • Online information exchange
  • Online Interactions
  • Online Marketing
  • Online privacy legal issues
  • Online privacy policies
  • Online privacy protection behavior
  • Online Trust
  • Online vulnerability and threats
  • Practical privacy assessment
  • Privacy control and assurance
  • Privacy legislation and litigation
  • Technology convenience
  • Technology intrusion
  • Telemedicine
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This book provides a single integrated source of information on a multitude of privacy dimensions including technical, human, cultural, personal, and legal aspects.

– Kuanchin Chen, Western Michigan University, USA

This book enlists the help from contributors all over the world in exploring online consumer protection, and the latest developments used to combat security breaches, privacy invasions, and identity theft.

– Book News Inc. (Nov. 2008)
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Kuanchin Chen is an associate professor of computer information systems at Western Michigan University. He received his DBA in information system from Cleveland State University and his MS in information systems from University of Colorado. His research interests include electronic business, online privacy & security, issues in online user environment, Internet technologies, and data mining techniques. Dr. Chen serves on the editorial advisory boards of several academic journals and business magazines. He received grants ranging from universities to federal government. He has been promoting online interactivity, privacy, and security through research studies and grants. Dr. Chen's research has appeared in such journals as Information & Management, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), IEEE Transactions on Education, and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. He is the director of web technology of the Informing Science Institute.
Adam Fadlalla is a professor of computer and information science at Cleveland State University. He holds an MBA in finance and decision sciences from Miami of Ohio, an MSc in computer science and a PhD in computer information systems from the University of Cincinnati. His current research interests include decision support systems, artificial intelligence applications, knowledge discovery in databases, information systems security and privacy issues, enterprise integration systems, and medical informatics. In addition, Dr. Fadlalla has developed interest in issues of global and cross-cultural information technology as a result of being a Fulbright Fellow twice. His published research covers a broad spectrum of information systems issues.
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