Privacy Fatigue
A very real concern is the effort it takes to protect yourself and others in the online world. Here is a great article to find out more. The energy and toll that it takes on yourself is very with day after day of checking, setting, and monitoring your security to maintain privacy. You have to dot it right everyday, a hunter only has to be right once.
The role of privacy fatigue in online privacy behavior.
- Privacy fatigue has a stronger impact on disengagement behavior than privacy concerns.
- Privacy fatigue is a multi-dimensional concept, including exhaustion and cynicism.
- There is a significant effect of privacy fatigue on privacy coping behaviors.
The increasing difficulty in managing one’s online personal data leads to individuals feeling a loss of control. Additionally, repeated consumer data breaches have given people a sense of futility, ultimately making them weary of thinking about online privacy. This phenomenon is called “privacy fatigue.” Although privacy fatigue is prevalent and has been discussed by scholars, there is little empirical research on the phenomenon. This study aimed not only to conceptualize privacy fatigue but also to examine its role in online privacy behavior. Based on the literature on burnout, we developed measurement items for privacy fatigue, which has two key dimensions —emotional exhaustion and cynicism. Data analyzed from a survey of 324 Internet users showed that privacy fatigue has a stronger impact on privacy behavior than privacy concerns do, although the latter is widely regarded as the dominant factor in explaining online privacy behavior.