Gizlilik Yasalarının Test Edilmesi: Kullanıcıların Bilgi-Rıza Bildirimleri Hakkında Algıları ve Tepkileri

Many websites have been using cookies to store information about users' behaviour. Although cookies provide various benefits for the service provider and the user, they are seen as a threat to online privacy. In recent years, many countries have introduced privacy laws. The regulations led by the European Union impose the responsibility of informing the user about the cookies and obtaining the explicit consent of the user. For this reason, they use information/consent notices on their websites to inform users and ask for consent.The primary concern of this study is to examine the effect of information/consent notices and, therefore, laws on users. The current study asks the following questions in the light of literature related to the subject: What are the users' knowledge and perceptions about the information/consent forms, how do they react to these forms, and what are the factors that affect their consent to these forms. While previous studies mostly focused on the EU region and the US, this study focuses on Turkey. In order to understand user behaviour in Turkey, an online survey was conducted with 56 participants. The study concluded that information/consent notices do not support optimal decision-making in users' privacy-related decisions.