The Privacy Jungle: On the Market for Data Protection in Social Networks

Joseph Bonneau
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
jcb82@cl.cam.ac.uk

Sören Preibusch
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
sdp36@cl.cam.ac.uk

in: The Eighth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2009)

Downloads:

• • download paper (latest version, 2009-05-26, PDF)
  • download paper (workshop version, PDF)
  • download presentation slides (workshop version, PDF)
  • download dataset (as of 2009-06-11, XLSX)
  • download SQL create table command file (as of 2009-06-11, SQL)
  • download set of privacy policies (as of 2009-06-11, 56 documents as MHT and HTML, ZIP)

Selected press coverage:

• Erica Naone, Technology Review: Social Networks Keep Privacy in the Closet, 11 July 2009
• Bruce Schneier, guardian.co.uk: Facebook should compete on privacy, not hide it away, 15 July 2009
• Bruce Schneier, Schneier on Security: Privacy Salience and Social Networking Sites, 16 July 2009
• SiliconIndia: Social networking sites compromising on privacy: Cambridge University, 27 July 2009
• TA NEA online: Ουδέν κρυπτόν υπό το Facebook, 30 July 2009
• Colin Barras, New Scientist: Why social networks like their privacy policies private, 31 July 2009
• The Economist: Privacy 2.0 – Give a little, take a little in: A world of connections – A special report on social networking, 30 January 2010

Please email social_networks@soeren-preibusch.de for comments, inquiries, or suggestions for additions.