DATA FOR STUDY OF PRIVACY ATTITUDE OF USERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS FROM LAW IN INDIA

In the present study, on Indian population a disproportionate, stratified, purposive, convenience mixed sampling technique has been adopted in order to ensure proper representation of all the stakeholders concerned with regard to the issue of data privacy in India among the population of the study. The stratified sampling technique is popularly used for a large size population and where it is desirable to purposively have an adequate representation of the all the sub-groups. It is estimated that there are about 0.2 million Law Enforcement Officers (Directors General of Police to Assistant Sub- Inspector), 2.2 million Legal Professionals, including 21,586 Judges, 1.5 million Academicians, about 5000 Information Assurance and Privacy Experts, and 450 million Internet Users in India, out of which 196 million use SNSs. It may be clarified here that all these stakeholders are not only the users of social networking sites but also Indian citizens who are stakeholders in enactment and implementation of the privacy law as and when it is enacted.

Based on the size of the total population, a statistically adequate sample size of 385, having a 95 per cent Confidence Level, 5 per cent Margin of Error (Confidence Interval), 0.5 Standard Deviation, a 1.96 Z-score was calculated.