Exploring the privacy concerns of smartphone app users: a qualitative approach

Author:

Maseeh Haroon IqbalORCID,Nahar ShamsunORCID,Jebarajakirthy CharlesORCID,Ross Mitchell,Arli DenniORCID,Das ManishORCID,Rehman MehakORCID,Ashraf Hafiz AhmadORCID

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore and identify the privacy concerns of smartphone app users pertinent to app usage.Design/methodology/approachAdopting a qualitative phenomenological approach, the authors conducted semi-structured interviews with app users to explore the app users' privacy concerns.FindingsCredibility concerns, unauthorised secondary use and vulnerability concerns are the three major privacy concerns of app users, under which these concerns have sub-concerns, i.e. popularity, privacy policy, stalking, data sharing, hacking and personal harm.Practical implicationsThe findings are useful to app marketers, app developers and app stores. App marketers, app developers and app stores can use the findings to understand and properly address app users' privacy concerns, thereby increasing the apps usage.Originality/valueBy exploring the privacy concerns of app users, the authors' study extends the literature and provides a theoretical development of individuals' privacy concerns in the context of a widely used technology, i.e. smartphone applications. Accordingly, this study contributes to the consumer privacy literature.

Publisher

Emerald

Subject

Marketing

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