Widespread abuse of internet users’ privacy online has prompted user advocacy groups to implore governments to intervene and protect consumer rights. To study such interventions’ effects, we examine data-protection policies that policy makers and governments can enforce on websites,...

Outsourcing coupled with technology that enables data to reside anywhere has opened up new challenges to the protection of personal privacy. Privacy laws differ internationally as does the value different cultures place on personal privacy. Such differences have implications for government as...