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Exploring User Attitude to Information Privacy

개인정보 노출에 대한 인터넷 사용자의 태도에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2014.10.27
  • Accepted : 2014.12.09
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

As many companies have been interested in big data, they have invested a lot of resources to get more customer data. Some companies try to trade the data illegally. In order to collect more customer data, companies provide various incentive programs to customers. However, their results are normally much less than their expectations. This study focuses on exploring the relative importance of the factors which influence customer attitudes to providing his/her personal information. This study conducts a conjoint analysis to assess trade-offs among the five influential factors-monetary reward, concern for data collection, concern for secondary use, concern for unauthorized use, and concern for errors. This study finds that the customer attitude to providing personal information is most influenced by the concern for secondary use. Furthermore, it shows that there are some differences between the light internet user group and the heavy internet user group in the relative importances of these factors. The monetary rewards appeal to the heavy internet users, rather than the light internet users.

최근 빅데이터에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 많은 기업들은 소비자의 개인정보를 수집하는데 많은 노력과 자원을 투자하고 있다. 극기야 소비자의 정보를 긴급히 필요로 하는 일부 기업들은 불법으로 정보를 거래하는 사건도 발생하고 있다. 기업들은 더 많은 소비자 정보를 수집하기 위하여 다양한 인센티브를 소비자에게 제공하고 있으나, 그 효과가 만족할 만한 수준에 이르지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 실증적인 조사를 통하여 소비자의 개인정보 제공 의사에 영향을 미치는 요인이 어떤 것이 있는지를 탐색하여 보았다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 개인정보 노출에 대한 염려를 측정하기 위하여 개발되어진 Concern for Information Privacy (CFIP) 모델을 기반으로 소비자의 개인정보 제공 의사에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인을 정의하였다. 조사 결과, 제 3자의 허가되지 않은 2차적인 정보사용(Secodndary Use)에 대한 염려가 가장 크게 개인정보 제공 의사에 영향을 미치는 것으로 조사되었다. 그 뒤를 이어 경제적인 보상 (Monetary Rewards)과 부정확한 정보 (Error)에 대한 염려가 두 번째와 세 번째로 주요한 영향을 미치는 요인으로 조사되었다. 그리고 소비자의 인터넷 사용시간에 따라서 영향을 미치는 요인이 차이가 있음도 발견하였다. 또한 인터넷 사용 시간이 하루에 3시간 이상인 'Heavy User' 그룹에서는 3시간 미만인 'Light User' 그룹에 비하여 상대적으로 경제적 보상을 주요한 요인으로 꼽았다.

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