Abstract
This article examines the relationship between the institutional trustworthiness of security agencies in the context of data‐intensive security practices. It focuses on the public's acceptance of the way digital surveillance technologies feed into large‐scale security data analytics. Using the case of deep packet inspection (DPI), survey data gathered in six European countries (n = 1,202) demonstrates that security agencies' institutional trustworthiness directly and indirectly influences public acceptance of DPI. Against a backdrop of declining public trust in government and a climate of intense international terrorist threat, governments around the world are appealing to citizens to trade privacy for enhanced security. This article supports calls for security agencies and their respective governments to engage with the democratic process to enrich security and privacy at all levels of public security governance and for the common good.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 103-121 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Governance |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 27 Aug 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Dec 2018 |
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© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12353
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Kirstie Ball
- Management (Business School) - Professor of Management, Head of Management
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