The respect for private life in terms of new technologies through case studies

The development of the Internet and online services have resulted in a proliferation of information collected from users - explicitly or without their knowledge. Furthermore, such information may be disclosed to third parties, or crossed with other data to create user profiles, or contribute to the identification of an individual.-The intensity of human activities in social networks is therefore a breeding ground for potential violations of user privacy. This research aims to study first the socio-economic determinants of the use and adoption of the Internet in a developing society. Then we studied the perception, risk control, and trust perceived by the user of the Internet in the context of online networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Myspace, Viadeo, Hi5 etc.). We developed a questionnaire that was administered to Gabon surfers. Our results showed that socio-economic status and people's living conditions strongly influence the use of the Internet in Libreville and Port-Gentil. Regarding the perceived trust and user behavior, three types of determinants of trust were identified: the website-related factors (social networks), factors related to various public and private organizations of Gabon (Army, police, judiciary, administrations and companies) and factors related to the user (risk aversion). These results are sufficient to relativize the effectiveness of Gabonese policies to ensure broad coverage of countries by ICT supposed to create added value and improve the living standards and social welfare of citizens. From these results, managerial recommendations for managers of social networks and regulatory bodies including the Gabonese National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (CNPDCP) are proposed. We will propose practices to better protect the privacy of users of online social networks