Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers

Published:2016-06-01 Issue:1 Volume:6 Page:294-331
ISSN:2381-5892
Container-title:Journal of Information Policy
language:en
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Author:

Clement Andrew¹,Obar Jonathan A.²

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

2. Department of Communication Studies, York University

Abstract

Abstract In the wake of Snowden's revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, demands that Internet carriers be more forthcoming about their handling of personal information have intensified. Responding to this concern, this report evaluates the data privacy transparency of forty-three Internet carriers serving the Canadian public. Carriers are awarded up to ten stars based on the public availability of information satisfying ten transparency criteria. Carriers earn few stars overall, just 92.5 out of 430, an average of two of ten possible stars. A variety of policy recommendations are provided to encourage and guide further data privacy transparency efforts in Canada as well as around the world.

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Subject

Public Administration,Sociology and Political Science,Communication,Public Administration,Sociology and Political Science,Communication

Link

https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/information-policy/article-pdf/6/1/294/1332408/jinfopoli_6_2016_294.pdf

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