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At the Wharton Business School conference that I blogged about on Monday, researchers provided information about consumers’ behaviors online with regards to privacy. A professor from Carnegie Mellon University, Alessandro Acquisti, discussed some recent research he conducted. Acquisti commented that “People [say] privacy [is] important to them, yet they engage in behaviors that indicate a remarkable lack of concern”. The survey I conducted last spring

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Consumer Resources

Below are additional resources to more information about online privacy.

Consumer Guide to Online Privacy (PDF)
Consumer Online Privacy Survey
2008 Online Safety Survey
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www.onguardonline.gov
www.ikeepsafe.org/
www.getnetwise.org
www.fosi.org
www.enough.org

Other Organizations

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged:
http://www.ncba-aged.org/

National Consumers League:
http://www.nclnet.org/