AUTHOR D G Medhi and Hiren K D Sarma ABSTRACT Technological advancement in the twentieth century was tremendous. Introduction of Information Technology has changed the working environment in an organization and daily life of individuals. In a bigger sense it has brought a drastic change to the society. Impact of information technology on the society […]
AUTHOR Steve McRobb and Simon Rogerson ABSTRACT Many authors have identified fears about a lack of personal privacy online as a major disincentive to the take-up of e-commerce by private consumers. The publication of a privacy policy is encouraged by ICT industry groups such as the Online Privacy Alliance, and by online certification bodies such […]
AUTHOR Karen McCullagh ABSTRACT Cain postulates that prior to 11 September 2001, discussions about privacy regulation focused almost exclusively on uses of personal information in e-commerce transactions. However, post September 11th, attention is centered upon issues of national and international security. (Cain, 2002, p.32) Indeed, post-September 11th security concerns have led to the formulation of […]
AUTHOR Jeffrey H. Matsuura ABSTRACT There is increasing support for “self-help” measures in response to perceived or actual misuse of computer systems. Network operators who recognize that their network is under attack often seek authority to take action to disable the attacker. Owners of copyright protected material ask for permission to act to disable computers […]
AUTHOR Konstantinos Markellos, Penelope Markellou, Maria Rigou, Spiros Sirmakessis and Athanasios Tsakalidis ABSTRACT Privacy has become increasingly important as the Internet constitutes now part of our lives. Even though this word has many connotations in the society the following definition can be adopted for the case of web “privacy is the subjective condition a person […]
AUTHOR Nicolas Mangos and Maz Demosthenous ABSTRACT This paper analyses recent work that has considered customizing web sites to fit various specific country cultures. The importance of cultural differences in web site designing is not new and has been investigated using the Hostede approach where some researchers concentrated on masculinity versus femininity where countries are […]