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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>New York – Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, new research has found.<\/p>\n

The researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel showed that by using digital “foot-in-the-door” techniques, such as requesting personal information from less important to more private (ascending privacy-intrusion order), websites can successfully entice users to reveal more of their private information.<\/p>\n

Similarly, by placing each request on consecutive, separate webpages, users are more likely to reveal more private data.<\/p>\n

Websites can further manipulate their users by spreading out information requests over the course of several pages, rather than consolidating all requests on one page.<\/p>\n

For the study, the researchers collaborated with Rewire, a Tel Aviv neobank (a virtual or online bank) providing international money transfer services.<\/p>\n

They examined the activities of around 2,500 users who were asked to provide their country, full name, phone number, and email address as part of the sign-up process.<\/p>\n

“We found that both manipulations independently increased the likelihood of sign-up and conversion,” said Professor Lior Fink, head of the BGU Behavioral Information Technologies (BIT) Lab.<\/p>\n

“The ascending privacy intrusion manipulation increased sign-up by 35 per cent and the multiple-page manipulation increased sign-up by 55 per cent.”<\/p>\n

The research was presented at the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020), held virtually this year from December 12-16.<\/p>\n

–IANS<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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