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A comparative study of online privacy policies and formats

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Aleecia M. McDonald,

Robert W. Reeder,

Patrick Gage Kelley, and

Lorrie Faith CranorAuthors Info & Claims

SOUPS '09: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security

July 2009

Article No.: 46, Page 1

https://doi.org/10.1145/1572532.1572586

Published: 15 July 2009 Publication History

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A comparative study of online privacy policies and formats
1. Security and privacy
  1. Human and societal aspects of security and privacy
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Privacy policies

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SOUPS '09: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security

July 2009

205 pages

ISBN:9781605587363

DOI:10.1145/1572532

General Chair:
Lorrie Faith Cranor
Carnegie Mellon University

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Association for Computing Machinery

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Published: 15 July 2009

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