Privacy and security perceptions of european citizens: A test of the trade-off model

Friedewald, M.; van Lieshout, M.; Rung, S.; Ooms, M.; Ypma, J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18621-4_4

Privacy and security perceptions of european citizens: A test of the trade-off model

Title

Privacy and security perceptions of european citizens: A test of the trade-off model

Author

Friedewald, M.
van Lieshout, M.
Rung, S.
Ooms, M.
Ypma, J.

Contributor

Hansen, M. (editor)
Fischer-Hubner, S. (editor)
Camenisch, J. (editor)

Publication year

2015

Abstract

This paper considers the relationship between privacy and security and, in particular, the traditional “trade-off” paradigm that argues that citizens might be willing to sacrifice some privacy for more security. Academics have long argued against the trade-off paradigm, but these arguments have often fallen on deaf ears. Based on data gathered in a pan-European survey we show that both privacy and security are important to European citizens and that there is no significant correlation between people’s valuation of privacy and security. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2015.

Subject

Urban Mobility & Environment
SP2 - Strategy & Policy 2
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Infostructures
Informatics
Information Society
Privacy
Public opinion
Security
Trade-off