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Chapter 10 – Privacy and Trust Online<\/h1>\n\n\n

In the earliest days of civilisation, humans lived in relatively small groups, often within the same room (or tent, or cave!) with very little privacy. Even today, in some small villages, inhabitants note that their activities and actions are known throughout the community, with such information being spread from person to person. On the other hand, those living in larger communities such as cities might find that they do not even know the names of their next-door neighbours. Nevertheless, they may find that this privacy is negated by the impact of the Internet as they disclose large amounts of information online. They may also have their information disclosed to others, sometimes without their consent. This chapter considers our concepts of online privacy and trust, the sacrifices we make to our privacy in order to make other perceived gains, and the important theories in the field that inform our understanding of privacy and security. It examines how we share information, what happens to our data online, how we decide what information to share, and how we go about reducing the available amount of online information about ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sharing Information Online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n