The Online Privacy Literacy Scale (OPLIS) is now available! [28.06.17]
The Online Privacy Literacy Scale (OPLIS) can be used to study users' knowledge with regard to different aspects of data protection and privacy in online environments. It handles online privacy literacy as a combination of factual or declarative ("knowing that") and procedural ("knowing how") knowledge about online privacy and data protection.
Philipp Masur, Doris Teutsch and Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte provide a detailled description of the development of the scale on the website oplis.de The scale is copyrighted but you are free to use it without permission as long as you give credit to the authors of the scale by citing the original article in the journal “Diagnostica”. The scale is based on a multidimensional concept of privacy literacy which includes the following aspects: (1) knowledge about institutional practices, (2) knowledge about technical aspects of data protection, (3) knowledge about data protection law, (4) and knowledge about data protection strategies. Depending on the aim of a study, OPLIS may be used differently. The authors describe three ideas for applying the scale: (1) Analyzing overall online privacy literacy and its effect on other constructs, (2) Focusing on analyzing specific dimensions of online privacy literacy and its effects on other constructs, (3) and assessing or comparing the level of online privacy literacy of a population to standard values.
Depending on the aim of a study, OPLIS may be used differently. The authors describe three ideas for applying the scale: (1) Analyzing overall online privacy literacy and its effect on other constructs, (2) Focusing on analyzing specific dimensions of online privacy literacy and its effects on other constructs, (3) and assessing or comparing the level of online privacy literacy of a population to standard values.
