Accession Number:

ADA556770

Title:

A Comparative Study of Location-sharing Privacy Preferences in the U.S. and China

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Lin, Jialiu
• Benisch, Michael
• Sadeh, Norman
• Niu, Jianwei
• Hong, Jason
• Lu, Banghui
• Guo, Shaohui

Report Date:

2012-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

While prior studies have provided us with an initial understanding of peoples location-sharing privacy preferences, they have been limited to Western countries and have not investigated the impact of the granularity of location disclosures on peoples privacy preferences. We report findings of a three-week comparative study collecting location traces and location-sharing preferences from two comparable groups in the U.S. and China. Results of the study shed further light on the complexity of peoples location-sharing privacy preferences and key attributes influencing willingness to disclose locations to others and to advertisers. While our findings reveal many similarities between U.S. and Chinese participants, they also show interesting differences, such as differences in willingness to share location at home and at work and differences in the granularity of disclosures people feel comfortable with. We conclude with a discussion of implications for the design of location-sharing applications and location-based advertising.

Descriptors:

• *INFORMATION EXCHANGE
• CHINA
• COMPARISON
• CROSS CULTURE(SOCIOLOGY)
• POSITION(LOCATION)
• UNITED STATES

Subject Categories:

• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE