Trustor (agent)

In social sciences and in information technology, trustor (also known as the truster in some contexts) is an entity that places trusts for another entity, known as the trustee. A Trustor may be a social agent -such as a person or an institution- or a technical agent, such as a computer or a software application, acting on behalf of a social agent.

References

  1. ↑ Hardin R. (2002) Russel Hardin: Trust and trustworthiness. Russel Sage Foundation.
  2. ↑ Cofta, P. (2007) Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World. John Wiley and Sons.