What ethical issues arise in considering participants' rights when they engage in research on the internet?

What will be an ideal response?

a. confidentiality and anonymity–there must be a guarantee that nobody but the researchers will be able to see the data (confidentiality) or to find out who participated (confidentiality). Security on the internet isn't guaranteed
b. informed consent–although a person could stop filling out a survey at any time, there is no guarantee that a person will feel that he or she can stop
c. debriefing–internet research may make debriefing information available, but participants may not make use of it
d. compensatory followup–if there are any negative effects of participation, the researcher may never know.
e. theft of ideas or plagiarism–unscrupulous researchers may steal others' ideas and claim them for their own; because of the public nature of the internet, the issues could become cloudy