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Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about?

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Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about? / Quadros dos Reis, Valéria; Rabello, Maria E. R.; Lima, Anderson C. et al.
In: Journal on Interactive Systems, Vol. 14, No. 1, 10.02.2023, p. 1-8.

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Harvard

Quadros dos Reis, V, Rabello, MER, Lima, AC, Jardim, GPS, Fernandes, ER & Brefeld, U 2023, 'Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about?', Journal on Interactive Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2023.2954

APA

Quadros dos Reis, V., Rabello, M. E. R., Lima, A. C., Jardim, G. P. S., Fernandes, E. R., & Brefeld, U. (2023). Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about? Journal on Interactive Systems, 14(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2023.2954

Vancouver

Quadros dos Reis V, Rabello MER, Lima AC, Jardim GPS, Fernandes ER, Brefeld U. Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about? Journal on Interactive Systems. 2023 Feb 10;14(1):1-8. doi: 10.5753/jis.2023.2954

Bibtex

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