Companies are under an increasing pressure by policy makers to publicize data breaches. Such notification obligations require announcing the loss of personal data collected from customers, because of hacker attacks or other incidents. While notification is likely to impact on firms' reputation,...

Breaches of the security of personal data collected by firms are reported almost daily. Companies are under an increasing political pressure to notify individuals whose privacy as been breached. At the moment, we know virtually nothing about the behavioral impact of data breach notifications. We...

Individuals disclose an increasing amount of personal information when buying goods or services. Personal details are revealed despite the rising threat of privacy breaches at firms that collect the information. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the trade-offs individuals consider when...

Individuals disclose an increasing amount of personal information when buying goods or services. Personal details are revealed despite the rising threat of privacy breaches at firms that collect the information. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the trade-offs individuals consider when...

Companies are under an increasing pressure by policy makers to publicize data breaches. Such notification obligations require announcing the loss of personal data collected from customers, because of hacker attacks or other incidents. While notification is likely to impact on firms’...