Attitudes Towards Spatial Privacy

Research findings suggest that privacy continues to
be a serious concern in contemporary society, that
spatial privacy is in fact a unique and measurable
concept, and that concern for spatial privacy is
measurably more significant than a similar metric of
general privacy. Though spatial privacy did present
as unique and measurable, the chosen demographic
variables appeared to be much less significant than
originally anticipated. The population continues to
be concerned about a wide range of privacy issues.
However, issues relating to privacy in a spatial
context manifest as a greater concern than does a
general privacy format. The continued growth of
spatially aware technology and the wide distribution
of these technologies to an ever increasing
population have serious implication for spatial
privacy as a continued issue.

Autorentext

L. Joe Morgan PhD - The University at Buffalo, SUNY. Dr. Morgan's research is on attitudes towards privacy in a spatial context. The focus is the impact of the growth of spatial technologies on the perceptions of privacy in society. He is evaluating the commodification of spatial data as and privacy concerns of technology consumers.

Klappentext

Research findings suggest that privacy continues to be a serious concern in contemporary society, that spatial privacy is in fact a unique and measurable concept, and that concern for spatial privacy is measurably more significant than a similar metric of general privacy. Though spatial privacy did present as unique and measurable, the chosen demographic variables appeared to be much less significant than originally anticipated. The population continues to be concerned about a wide range of privacy issues. However, issues relating to privacy in a spatial context manifest as a greater concern than does a general privacy format. The continued growth of spatially aware technology and the wide distribution of these technologies to an ever increasing population have serious implication for spatial privacy as a continued issue.