Determinants of the Intention to Protect Personal Information among Facebook Users

• Main Authors: Bum Soo Chon, Jeong‐Ki Lee, HyeonJu Jeong, Jowon Park, Jonghwa Park
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 2018-02-01
• Series: ETRI Journal
• Subjects: Facebook; Information protection; Intention to protect personal information; SNS privacy
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2017-0082

This study aimed to examine predictors of the intention to protect personal information on Facebook. We conducted an online survey of 679 Facebook users in the Republic of Korea. The findings of this study showed that usefulness and ease of use had significant effects on attitudes toward protection behavior. The results also revealed that risk factors (privacy risk severity and vulnerability) had significant effects on protective behaviors. Based on our findings, we discussed the information protection of privacy on Facebook.