Who knows about me? An analysis of age-related disclosure preferences

Linda Little; Pam Briggs; Lynne Coventry

doi:10.14236/ewic/hci2011.31

Who knows about me? An analysis of age-related disclosure preferences

Linda Little, Pam Briggs, Lynne Coventry

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Abstract

Users are increasingly willing to disclose sensitive personal information online, seemingly without great regard for privacy protection. We surveyed over 1200 people to measure user attitudes and behaviours in terms of: (i) the type and perceived sensitivity of information they regularly disclosed, and (ii) who the recipients of different types of information were. In our initial analysis of the data we have observed an interesting age-related trend: a U shaped curve whereby the youngest and oldest members of society are less protective of their privacy than the middle-aged cohort.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of HCI 2011 The 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Place of Publication	Swindon
Publisher	BCS Learning & Development Ltd.
Pages	84-87
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2011.31
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction: Health, Wealth & Happiness - Northumbria University’s City Campus, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Jul 2011 → 8 Jul 2011 Conference number: 25th https://web.archive.org/web/20110821060227/http://hci2011.co.uk/site

Publication series

Name	Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
Publisher	BCS Learning & Development Ltd.
ISSN (Electronic)	1477-9358

Conference

Conference	25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	HCI 2011
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Period	4/07/11 → 8/07/11
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20110821060227/http://hci2011.co.uk/site

Keywords

Privacy
Information disclosure
Age

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Little, L, Briggs, P & Coventry, L 2011, Who knows about me? An analysis of age-related disclosure preferences. in Proceedings of HCI 2011 The 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC), BCS Learning & Development Ltd., Swindon, pp. 84-87, 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 4/07/11. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2011.31

Who knows about me? An analysis of age-related disclosure preferences. / Little, Linda; Briggs, Pam; Coventry, Lynne.
Proceedings of HCI 2011 The 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Swindon: BCS Learning & Development Ltd., 2011. p. 84-87 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).

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