Security without identification: transaction systems to make big brother obsolete
Communications of the ACM
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Identity management and its support of multilateral security
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Privacy, economics, and price discrimination on the Internet
ICEC '03 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Electronic commerce
Privacy in e-commerce: stated preferences vs. actual behavior
Communications of the ACM - Transforming China
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In an online world, the temptation to exploit customer information for marketing purposes is a strong argument for customers to use a privacy enhancing identity management system. However, the success of this technology depends on the support from the vendors as well. Apart from practical aspects, such as usability, trustworthiness, and standardisation, economic aspects play a key role in this decision. This paper examines the cost-utility trade-off from a supply-side perspective with micro-economic models. Albeit still limited to the case of a monopolist supplier, we reflect the impact of different customer preferences towards privacy, and the possibility to implement price discrimination.