This work aims at understanding behavior around location information, including why users share such information, why they protect the data, and what kind of other factors influence the decision to behave in a certain way. This book explores privacy in the context of location data, and answers questions such as what are the privacy related behaviors in this context, and what are the factors influencing such behaviors. The book gives an overview to what privacy means for users in terms of understandings, attitudes and valuations. This book discusses reasons for why research around this topic is challenging, and presents various methods for diving into the topic through empirical studies. The work is relevant for professionals, researchers, and users of technology.
Author(s): Maija Poikela
Series: T-Labs Series In Telecommunication Services
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 190
Tags: Communications Engineering, Networks, Privacy
Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Introduction (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 1-12
Theoretical Background to Location Privacy (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 13-32
How to Predict Location Privacy Behaviour? (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 33-45
Perceived Risks and Benefits in LBS (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 47-55
Location Disclosure and Self-Disclosure (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 57-81
Quantifying Location Privacy (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 83-107
Privacy Protection Behaviour (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 109-129
Discussion (Maija Elina Poikela)....Pages 131-141
Back Matter ....Pages 143-185
