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The Acceptance of Digital Surveillance in an Age of Big Data

@article{Westerlund2021TheAO,
  title={The Acceptance of Digital Surveillance in an Age of Big Data},
  author={Mika Westerlund and Seppo Leminen},
  journal={Technology Innovation Management Review},
  year={2021},
  volume={11}
}
News media companies and human rights organizations have been increasingly warning about the rise of the surveillance state that builds on distrust and mass surveillance of its citizens The COVID-19 pandemic is fostering digitalization and state-corporate collaboration, leading to the introduction of contact tracing apps and other digital surveillance technologies that bring about societal benefits, but also increase privacy invasion This study examines citizens' concerns about their digital… 
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