Sensing the City: Designing for Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things

Caitlin Cottrill; Naomi Jacobs; Milan Markovic; Pete Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102453

Sensing the City: Designing for Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things

Caitlin Cottrill^* (Corresponding Author)
, Naomi Jacobs
, Milan Markovic
, Pete Edwards

^*Corresponding author for this work

Lancaster University

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Abstract

The push for ‘smart cities’ is seeing increasing interest and investment in public deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. In many cases, however, these deployments are ‘hidden in plain sight’, with inadequate attention given to the communication of practices regarding the collection, use and sharing of data. This lack of information may impact negatively upon perceptions of trust by the
general public, and lead to diminished engagement and comfort with IoT activities. In this paper, we report the results of a survey undertaken in the United Kingdom in November 2018 designed to gain information on perceptions of trust, risk, and informational desires related to public IoT deployments. Findings are expected to contribute to the development of communication practices regarding IoT deployments in smart city environments.

Original language	English
Article number	102453
Number of pages	9
Journal	Sustainable Cities and Society
Volume	63
Early online date	25 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102453
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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Acknowledgments:
The work described here was funded by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the University of Aberdeen (EP/N028074/1).

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Communication Practices
Internet of Things
Privacy
Smart Cities

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