Information Privacy in Two Dimensions - Towards a Classification Scheme for Information Privacy Research

The field of information privacy comprises of research from a number of different academic disciplines. The field has received increased attention in the last decade and is growing. Consequently, a risk exists that certain areas of research in the field may be neglected. In order to identify areas of neglect in a methodical manner it is first necessary to classify research in the field; however, no classification scheme designed for this purpose exists. This paper contributes by presenting, discussing and demonstrating such a classification scheme. The classification scheme presented consists of two broad dimensions that are designed to classify information research from various academic disciplines.