Festival of Social Science Week

VOME are holding an event titled  ’Exploring Privacy: Your Privacy and the Internet’” at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens on Saturday 13^th March 2010.

This event provides an opportunity to share your thoughts about online identity and privacy. There will be a short performance to introduce the topic in a thought provoking manner, followed by a discussion and interactive activity to record your thoughts and conclusions.
If you are interested in attending this event, please contact us.

VOME Exploratorium Privacy Survey

Click here to complete the survey.

This is a quantitative research assessment of the country’s online user population in its behaviours and privacy attitudes. In the course of expounding the conceptual models of on-line privacy, it is essential to first understand the users’ demographics, assets and infrastructure which may possibly influence the range of online activities they engage in. The different categories of online pursuits, ranging from simple emailing and information searches to social networking and entertainment, together with demographic and infrastructural differences, may result in diverse perceptions and attitudes of privacy risks in the on-line context.  This survey is part of the on-going VOME research activity that uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to build a rich picture of our on-line privacy, consent and identity beliefs and behaviours.

VOME Focus Groups

The VOME team conducts focus group discussion on online activities, privacy concerns and associated privacy protective behaviours. These discussions bring up emergent themes, issues and questions and outlines key findings that may signal the future directions in privacy research.

Opportunities to participate in VOME

We are now looking for additional user groups to act as research test beds. A suitable test bed will contain users of on-line services (either public or corporate), on-line services and a diverse technological infrastructure. User groups from public services, healthcare and the corporate sectors are particularly welcomed. Please contact us, if you are interested in participating.