Internet Safety

2012 ◽  
pp. 960-975
Author(s):  
Yuriko Sasaki ◽  
Jon Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Internet Harassment

Internet safety has become a great concern in daily life. This entry provides information about Internet safety in terms of: (1) psychological well-being; (2) online privacy; (3) cyberbullying; and (4) exposure to sexual content. As part of the narrative, the authors discuss problematic Internet use, online communication and psychological factors, breaches of online privacy, privacy concerns, privacy protection behaviors (online privacy), cyberbullying (Internet harassment), online pornography, and sexual offenders. For each topic, the authords identify factors that are related to Internet safety and the potential for harm in online and offline contexts.

scholarly journals Towards Privacy Paradigm Shift Due to the Pandemic: A Brief Perspective

Inventions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Abdul Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Health Authorities

With the advent of the pandemic (e.g., novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)), a tremendous amount of data about individuals are collected by the health authorities on daily basis for curbing the disease’s spread. The individuals’ data collection/processing at a massive scale for community well-being with the help of digital solutions (e.g., mobile apps for mobility and proximity analysis, contact tracing through credit card usage history, facial recognition through cameras, and crowd analysis using cellular networks data etc.) raise several privacy concerns. Furthermore, the privacy concerns that are arising mainly due to the fine-grained data collection has hindered the response to tackle this pandemic in many countries. Hence, acquiring/handling individuals data with privacy protection has become a vibrant area of research in these pandemic times. This paper explains the shift in privacy paradigm due to the pandemic (e.g., COVID-19) which involves more and detailed data collection about individuals including locations and demographics. We explain technical factors due to which the people’s privacy is at higher risk in the COVID-19 time. In addition, we discuss privacy concerns in different epidemic control measures (ECMs) (e.g., contact tracing, quarantine monitoring, and symptoms reporting etc.) employed by the health authorities to tackle this disease. Further, we provide an insight on the data management in the ECMs with privacy protection. Finally, the future prospects of the research in this area tacking into account the emerging technologies are discussed. Through this brief article, we aim to provide insights about the vulnerability to user’s privacy in pandemic times, likely privacy issues in different ECMs adopted by most countries around the world, how to preserve user’s privacy effectively in all phases of the ECMs considering relevant data in loop, and conceptual foundations of ECMs to fight with future pandemics in a privacy preserving manner.

Online communication, compulsive internet use, and psychosocial well-being among adolescents: A longitudinal study.

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden ◽  
Gert-Jan Meerkerk ◽  
Ad A. Vermulst ◽  
Renske Spijkerman ◽  
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Well Being

Should the WTO deal with e-trade taxation issues?

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
John-ren Chen ◽  
Christian Smekal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
Cyber Crime ◽  
National Treatment ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Trade Distortion ◽  
Digital Dividend

Electronic commerce may be a great equalizer that helps to reduce, or even to eliminate, distance-related barriers to trade, but it can also exacerbate a so-called ‘digital dividend’ vis-à-vis countries with technological and infrastructural deficiencies, especially developing countries. In the following we concentrate on trade distortion caused by taxation of e-trade in intangible goods. We believe this will have a particular ramification for the developing world. General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provisions may be relevant to many concerns with respect to the regulations of e-commerce, such as online privacy protection, illegal or illicit content, cyber crime and fraud, en-forcement of contracts, consumer protection, and taxation. In this paper, we will focus our debate mainly on the issues of taxation of e-trade with respect to the two basic principles of the WTO, that is. the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) and the National Treatment (NT) principles.

scholarly journals Having more virtual interaction partners during COVID-19 physical distancing measures may benefit mental health

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Razia S. Sahi ◽  
Miriam E. Schwyck ◽  
Carolyn Parkinson ◽  
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Virtual Interaction ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Virtual Interactions ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractSocial interactions play an extremely important role in maintaining health and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated physical distancing measures, however, restricted the number of people one could physically interact with on a regular basis. A large percentage of social interactions moved online, resulting in reports of “Zoom fatigue,” or exhaustion from virtual interactions. These reports focused on how online communication differs from in-person communication, but it is possible that when in-person interactions are restricted, virtual interactions may benefit mental health overall. In a survey conducted near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (N2020 = 230), we found that having a greater number of virtual interaction partners was associated with better mental health. This relationship was statistically mediated by decreased loneliness and increased perceptions of social support. We replicated these findings during the pandemic 1 year later (N2021 = 256) and found that these effects held even after controlling for the amount of time people spent interacting online. Convergent with previous literature on social interactions, these findings suggest that virtual interactions may benefit overall mental health, particularly during physical distancing and other circumstances where opportunities to interact in-person with different people are limited.Open Science Framework repository: https://osf.io/6jsr2/.

Online Privacy Concerns Scale

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith G. Smit ◽  
Guda Van Noort ◽  
Hilde A.M. Voorveld
Keyword(s):  
Online Privacy ◽  
Privacy Concerns
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