APPENDIX II: Survey questionnaire (English version) Filter question:
□ Market researcher/ Industrial analyst/ Consultant
5. How long have you been using Facebook?
□ Less than a year □ Between 1 to 2 years
□ Between 2 to 3 years □ Between 3 to 4 years
□ Between 4 to 5 years □ Between 5 to 6 years
□ Between 6 to 7 years □ More than 7 years
6. How many hours on average do you spend using Facebook every day?
□ Less than half an hour □ Between half an hour to 1 hour
□ Between 1 to 2 years □ Between 2 to 3 years □ Between 3 to 4 years
□ Between 4 to 5 years □ Between 5 to 6 years □ Between 6 to 7 years
□ More than 7 years
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II. Privacy settings on your Facebook profile page
Question: How do you set your privacy settings on your Facebook profile page?
Public Friends Friends except
acquaintances
Only you Not available on Facebook 1. Work information
2. Education information 3. Relationship (with whom) 4. Family relationship 5. Place(s) lived 6. Birth date 7. Birth year
8. Relationship status 9. Blood type
10. Interests
11. Religious views 12. Political views
13. Mobile phone number 14. Address
15. Photos you upload 16. Videos you upload 17. Tags of you 18. Music you like 19. Movies you like 20. Notes
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Question: How much do you agree with the following statements?
1. I do not usually share personal information with my acquaintances.
□ Strongly disagree □ Disagree □ Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree
2. I do not like sharing personal information with others, unless they are my close friends.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree 3. I find it rude when my acquaintances inquire me regarding my personal matters.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree 4. I find my privacy on Facebook important.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree 5. I think I am able to manage information about me on Facebook.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree 6. I can protect my online privacy by altering my privacy settings on Facebook.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree
7. I think Facebook is responsible for protecting my social relationships and my personal information from being known by others without my consent.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree
8. I think Facebook is responsible in preventing advertisers from targeting ads at me based on the websites I browsed.
□ Strongly disagree □Disagree □Neutral □ Agree □ Strongly agree
IV. Knowledge toward Facebook’s privacy settings 1. Have you ever read the Privacy Policy of Facebook?
□ Yes □ No
2. “Whenever you post on Facebook, you can choose among three privacy settings: Sharing with the public, with friends or with a customized list.” Is this correct?
□ Correct □ Incorrect
3. “Whenever you hide a post from your page, it is equivalent to deleting the post.” Is it correct?
□ Correct □ Incorrect
4. “Facebook can share my user information to advertisers in order to help them know how the ads perform.” Is it correct?
□ Correct □ Incorrect
5. “Facebook can share data from my cookie that identifies me with advertisers.” Is it correct?
(Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device.)
□ Correct □ Incorrect
6. “Whenever I delete my Facebook account, all of my records will be removed
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Question: How concerned are you with the following items?
1. The location I am at when I use Facebook is known by others.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
2. The timestamp of my Facebook activities are known by others.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
3. I cannot control what others post about me on Facebook.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
4. Others finding my personal information on Facebook.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
5. The texts other posted on my wall being misappropriated by the third party.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
6. The photos other posted on my wall being misappropriated by the third party.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
7. The videos other posted on my wall being misappropriated by the third party.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
8. The texts I posted on my wall being misappropriated by others.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
9. The photos I posted on my wall being misappropriated by others.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
10. The videos I posted on my wall being misappropriated by others.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
11. Facebook may share my personal information with advertisers.
□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
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□ Not concerned at all □ Not really concerned □Neutral □ Somewhat concerned
□Very concerned
VI. Negative experience on Facebook
Question: Which negative experiences did you ever have on Facebook?
1. □ My account was taken over
2. □ I was invited into those spammed shopping groups 3. □ I regretted what I posted or shared on my page
4. □ I lost a job/ academic opportunity because of what I posted or shared on my page
5. □ My relationship with friends and family members was jeopardized because of what I posted or shared on my page
6. □ I was threatened financially because of what I posted or shared on my page 7. □ I damaged my reputation because of what I posted or shared on my page 8. □ I was threatened physically because of what I posted or shared on my page 9. □ My posts were used by others without my consent
10. □ I was embarrassed because of what others posted or shared on my page
11. □ I lost a job/ academic opportunity because of what others posted or shared on my page 12. □ My relationship with friends and family members was jeopardized because of what
others posted or shared on my page
13. □ I was threatened financially because of what others posted or shared on my page 14. □ I damaged my reputation because of what others posted or shared on my page 15. □ I was threatened physically because of what others posted or shared on my page 16. □ Facebook and other advertisers targeted me with ads on Facebook
17. □ Others: Please specify.
VII. Privacy protection strategies
Question: How often do you use the follow techniques to protect your privacy on Facebook?
1. Hide your status updates from particular Facebook friends
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always 2. Delete a Facebook friend
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always 3. Remove the name tags of yourself from a certain photos
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always
4. Delete posts on your page which were made by your Facebook friends
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always
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5. Ask a Facebook friend to delete content about you
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always 6. Ignore or refuse someone’s friend request on Facebook
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always
7. Selectively block someone on Facebook that are your family members or friends
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always 8. Turn of the cookie on your computer
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always 9. Delete your Facebook account
□ Never □ Seldom □ Sometimes □ Usually □ Always
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