Privacy settings from contextual attributes: A case study using Google Buzz

TitlePrivacy settings from contextual attributes: A case study using Google Buzz
Publication TypeConference Papers
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsMashima D, Elaine Shi, Chow R, Sarkar P, Li C, Song D
Date Published2011
Keywordscontextual attributes, data privacy, Google Buzz, privacy settings, social networking (online), social networks, Statistics
Abstract

Social networks provide users with privacy settings to control what information is shared with connections and other users. In this paper, we analyze factors influencing changes in privacy-related settings in the Google Buzz social network. Specifically, we show statistics on contextual data related to privacy settings that are derived from crawled datasets and analyze the characteristics of users who changed their privacy settings. We also investigate potential neighboring effects among such users.