The following scenarios describe portals that differ in the privacy policy and your anticipated usage of the portal. Here is a summary of the portal characteristics:
1. Promotion. For signing up you obtain a discount on commission fees from the financial portal for your first stock transaction. The financial portal offers a discount of
§ $5
§ $10
§ $20
2. Visits. You anticipate to be a repeat visitor of the portal to obtain stock price information or place stock orders. You estimate that you will return to the financial portal either:
§ Once a day
§ Once a week
§ Once a month
3. Secondary Use. Regarding the use of your personal information the portal will state either:
§ Your information will not be used for any purpose other than facilitating stock quotations or transactions
§ Your information may be analyzed for other purposes, such as revealing your web-usage preferences
4. Error. The financial portal will provide either:
§ No option to review your personal information for mistakes
§ Option to review your personal information and correct mistakes
5. Improper Access. Regarding the access to your personal information, the portal will state either:
§ No policy on access to personal information
§ Access to personal information only by authorized personnel from within the company, who have been trained in privacy issues