News and Research articles on Infomediaries

Volume 5, Issue 4

The privacy role of information intermediaries through self-regulation

Tatevik Sargsyan, American University
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Dec 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.4.438

This paper provides qualitative analysis of Google’s and Microsoft’s policies and examines case studies to enhance understanding about the privacy role of information intermediaries in self-regulatory arrangements.

KEYWORDS: Privacy, Intermediaries, Platforms, Self-regulation, Fair Information Practices, Terms of Service (TOS)
Volume 3, Issue 2

Privacy evaluation: what empirical research on users’ valuation of personal data tells us

Federico Morando, Nexa Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico de Torino
Raimondo Iemma, Nexa Center for Internet & Society
Emilio Raiteri, University of Turin
PUBLISHED ON: 20 May 2014 DOI: 10.14763/2014.2.283

A review of the recent economic literature aimed at empirically assessing internet users’ valuation of their personal data, suggesting possible limitations and pitfalls in the experiments, and drawing policy-oriented remarks focused on data portability.

KEYWORDS: Privacy, Personal data, Economic value