Reducing data privacy breaches: an empirical study of relevant antecedents and an outcome

P. Ifinedo, Francine Vachon, Anteneh Ayanso
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PurposeThis paper aims to increase understanding of pertinent exogenous and endogenous antecedents that can reduce data privacy breaches.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional survey was used to source participants' perceptions of relevant exogenous and endogenous antecedents developed from the Antecedents-Privacy Concerns-Outcomes (APCO) model and Social Cognitive Theory. A research model was proposed and tested with empirical data collected from 213 participants based in Canada.FindingsThe exogenous factors of external privacy training and external privacy self-assessment tool significantly and positively impact the study's endogenous factors of individual privacy awareness, organizational resources allocated to privacy concerns, and group behavior concerning privacy laws. Further, the proximal determinants of data privacy breaches (dependent construct) are negatively influenced by individual privacy awareness, group behavior related to privacy laws, and organizational resources allocated to privacy concerns. The endogenous factors fully mediated the relationships between the exogenous factors and the dependent construct.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the budding data privacy breach literature by highlighting the impacts of personal and environmental factors in the discourse.Practical implicationsThe results offer management insights on mitigating data privacy breach incidents arising from employees' actions. Roles of external privacy training and privacy self-assessment tools are signified.Originality/valueAntecedents of data privacy breaches have been underexplored. This paper is among the first to elucidate the roles of select exogenous and endogenous antecedents encompassing personal and environmental imperatives on data privacy breaches.
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减少数据隐私泄露:相关前因后果的实证研究
设计/方法/途径采用横向调查的方式,了解参与者对相关外生和内生因素的看法,这些因素是根据前因-隐私关注-结果 (APCO) 模型和社会认知理论开发的。研究结果外部隐私培训和外部隐私自我评估工具等外生因素对本研究的内生因素,即个人隐私意识、为隐私问题分配的组织资源以及与隐私法相关的群体行为,产生了显著的积极影响。此外,数据隐私泄露的近端决定因素(因果结构)受到个人隐私意识、与隐私法律相关的群体行为以及与隐私问题相关的组织资源分配的负面影响。研究局限/启示本研究通过强调个人和环境因素对数据隐私泄露的影响,为正在萌芽的数据隐私泄露文献做出了贡献。外部隐私培训和隐私自我评估工具的作用显而易见。原创性/价值数据隐私泄露的前因一直未得到充分探索。本文是首批阐明特定外生和内生前因(包括个人和环境要求)对数据隐私泄露所起作用的文章之一。
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