Financial Privacy Policies and the Need for Standardization

  • Authors:
  • Annie I. Anton;Julia B. Earp;Qingfeng He;William Stufflebeam;Davide Bolchini;Carlos Jensen

  • Affiliations:
  • North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;North Carolina State University;University of Lugano;Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

By analyzing 40 online privacy policy documents from nine financial institutions, the authors examine the clarity and readability of these important privacy notices. Using goal-driven requirements engineering techniques and readability analysis, the findings show that compliance with the ex-isting legislation and standards is, at best, questionable.