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 from the online pharmacy for your first purchase of
§ $5
§ $10
§ $20
2. Time Savings. You anticipate to be a repeat visitor of the portal to obtain healthcare information or purchase products. You estimate that you will return to the portal:
§ Once a day, realizing time savings of 8h 20min per year
§ Once a week, realizing time savings of 1h 40min per year
§ Once a month, realizing time savings of 24min per year
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 providing healthcare information and facilitating purchases
§ Your information may be analyzed for other purposes, such as revealing your web-usage preferences
4. Error. The portal will have provide either:
§ No option to review your personal information for mistakes
§ Option to review your personal information and correct mistakes
5. Improper Access. Your personal information will not be accessible to people outside the company. For access from within the company, the portal will state either:
§ No policy on access to personal information
§ Access to personal information only by authorized personnel, who have been trained in privacy issues