The Views of South African Marketers Concerning Consumer Privacy

Author(s)

Nicola Higgs-Kleyn, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Russell Abratt, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Rowan Brewer, University of Witwatersrand

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

South African Journal of Business Management

ISSN

2078-5585

Publication Date

12-2000

Abstract/Excerpt

As part of the transition to democracy, the South African government has expressed its intention to table the Open Democracy Bill, which addresses the issue of the collection and dissemination of personal information. This bill will. in its present form. severely damage the direct marketing industry in South Africa. A literature review of consumer privacy has been completed. A survey of 246 marketers was undertaken. The results show that there are two distinct clusters. a pro-privacy group and an anti-privacy one. In this article some conclusions are developed that are of interest to policy makers and managers.

Volume

31

Issue

4

First Page

156

Last Page

165

NSUWorks Citation

Higgs-Kleyn, Nicola; Abratt, Russell; and Brewer, Rowan, "The Views of South African Marketers Concerning Consumer Privacy" (2000). HCBE Faculty Articles. 891.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/891