Advancements in information technology often task users with complex and consequential
privacy and security decisions. A growing body of research has investigated individuals' …

Smart cities are expected to improve the quality of daily life, promote sustainable
development, and improve the functionality of urban systems. Now that many smart systems …

Voice has become a widespread and commercially viable interaction mechanism with the
introduction of voice assistants (VAs), such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Google …

With the rapid deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and the variety of ways in
which IoT-connected sensors collect and use personal data, there is a need for …

“Notice and choice” is the predominant approach for data privacy protection today. There is
considerable user-centered research on providing effective privacy notices but not enough …

While many studies have looked at privacy properties of the Android and Google Play app
ecosystem, comparatively much less is known about iOS and the Apple App Store, the most …

Recommender Systems (RS) help the user in the decision-making process when there is a
problem of plenty or lack of information. The context-aware recommender systems (CARS) …

Internet of Things (IoT) devices create new ways through which personal data is collected
and processed by service providers. Frequently, end users have little awareness of, and …

Increasingly, icons are being proposed to concisely convey privacy-related information and
choices to users. However, complex privacy concepts can be difficult to communicate. We …

New concepts based on the Internet of Things propose the integration of the human factor as
a key component of novel interconnected ecosystems, to offer them new services and …