commitment to fair information practices and their compliance. The Internet privacy
issues have decreased the value of the Internet and thus hinders the potential that the
medium can offer us.
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To fully explore the potential of the Internet, increase the public’s
acceptance of e-commerce, and encourage people to use the medium, it is therefore
important to figure out how the privacy issues can be resolved. This study attempts to
assist policy observation and policy making by evaluating policy proposals, analyzing
conflicts, and identifying the best ways to deal with online privacy controversies in light
of the revealed social conditions and Internet characteristics.
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In economics, if more and more people are connected to a network, they would
value the network more because people on the network can contact the person they want
to. If the privacy issues keep people from using the Internet, the popularity of this
medium would be affected. As fewer and fewer people are on the network, the value of
the network is decreased.
Convention