ABSTRACT

It is mostly unclear which personal predispositions are associated with knowledge about how to protect one’s privacy online and actually protecting it. More elaborate knowledge on this topic may help in the design process of user interfaces. Therefore, we investigated person characteristics underlying individual differences in online privacy literacy and behavior.

N = 1,073 (n = 500 men) participants completed the Online Privacy Literacy Scale, an Online Privacy Behavior Scale, the Big Five Inventory, and a test assessing crystallized intelligence in an online survey.

Online privacy literacy and behavior were significantly, moderately positively related. Both were significantly positively related to crystallized intelligence. Online privacy behavior was additionally significantly positively related to Openness.

The results give insights into individual factors associated with knowledge about online privacy settings and related behaviors. In addition, results can help optimizing design of user interfaces/assistive technologies that support (certain) users to implement their data protection rights.

摘要

目前尚不清楚哪些个人倾向与有关如何保护个人在线隐私和实际保护隐私的知识有关。关于这个主题的更详细的知识可能有助于用户界面的设计过程。因此，我们调查了在线隐私素养和行为的个体差异背后的人特征。

N = 1,073（n = 500 名男性）参与者完成了在线隐私素养量表、在线隐私行为量表、五大清单，以及一项评估在线调查中结晶智力的测试。

在线隐私素养和行为呈显着、中度正相关。两者都与结晶智力显着正相关。在线隐私行为还与开放性显着正相关。

结果提供了对与在线隐私设置和相关行为的知识相关的个人因素的见解。此外，结果可以帮助优化支持（某些）用户实施其数据保护权利的用户界面/辅助技术的设计。