Mobile users’ information privacy concerns and the role of app permission requests

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Highlights:

• The focus of the study is on mobile users’ information privacy concerns.

• We analyze the role of app permission requests regarding privacy concerns.

• Other factors are prior privacy experience, computer anxiety, and perceived control.

• We surveyed 775 mobile users and conducted structural equation modeling.

• Results show that the impact of app permission concerns outweighs all other factors.

摘要

•The focus of the study is on mobile users’ information privacy concerns.•We analyze the role of app permission requests regarding privacy concerns.•Other factors are prior privacy experience, computer anxiety, and perceived control.•We surveyed 775 mobile users and conducted structural equation modeling.•Results show that the impact of app permission concerns outweighs all other factors.

论文关键词:Mobile users,App permission requests,Information privacy concerns,Online survey,Structural equation modeling

论文评审过程:Received 9 August 2018, Revised 5 April 2019, Accepted 14 May 2019, Available online 2 July 2019, Version of Record 2 July 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.05.010