Assessing Your Privacy Risk Tolerance
~ A WebQuest ~


Use the rubric that follows to analyze the the privacy policies of WorstHoliday.com and Visto.com. It's important that you first assign your own maximum point standards to each category--select your own hi/lo scale e.g., 1=lo, 8=hi. Measure the sites visited against this standard.

When you complete your analysis proceed to Step 5 in The Process.

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Catagory

 

Your
Standard

Value

Visto.com Value

WorstHoliday.com Value

Seals of Approval

Icons symbolizing security e.g. TRUSTe or VeriSign

     

Text with icons

     

Icons symbolizing mechant service security e.g. MasterCard, Visa

     

Text with icons

     

Branding

Consumer aware what company does outside of the web
     
Consumer knows what company is about from its website
     
Easy to discern what site promises to deliver
     
Mention of portal affiliation e.g. Yahoo!
     
Sends updates and other notices to consumer
     
Depth or breadth of product offering on site
     
Navigation
Terminology for navigation and content are apparent for user to differentiate
     
Navigation system placement is consistent, and easy to find
     
Prompts, guides, tutorials for user to perform tasks
     

Fulfillment

Information guaranteed to be used for no purpose other than what one gave it for, without prior approval
     
Allows for optout from ads, third party affiliates, etc.
     
Site provides feedback or confirmation number for order placed
     
Transaction process allows for recourse for problem any time during the process
     
Clear explanation of return or termination policy
     
Simplicity of transacting at the site
     
Presentation
Visuals effectively convey site purpose
     
How much site resembles other sites you have come to trust
     
Degree of skill used by website developers
     
Functionality
How well the site seems to work
     
Speed of page loading
     
Other:
     

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