ABSTRACT
Institutional privacy is control of one's personal information and data from public and private entities. Internet users have historically been less aware of institutional privacy threats; however, high-profile cases like Edward Snowden disclosures and the Cambridge Analytica scandal have amplified their salience. Lack of institutional privacy protections can create chilling effects through large power asymmetries that erode personal agency on the individual level and market competition and democracy on a societal scale.
