Abstract Internet of Things or IoT is a rapidly growing network of interconnected 'things'
embedded with sensors to collect and exchange data over the internet without the need for …

The growing commercial interest in indoor location-based services (ILBS) has spurred
recent development of many indoor positioning techniques. Due to the absence of Global …

This study seeks to clarify the nature of control in the context of information privacy to
generate insights into the effects of different privacy assurance approaches on context …

Human mobility patterns reflect many aspects of life, from the global spread of infectious
diseases to urban planning and daily commute patterns. In recent years, the prevalence of …

Numerous location-based services (LBS) studies have suggested that the risk of disclosing
personal privacy hinders consumers from adopting LBS, whereas scant attention has …

Personalization technologies offer powerful tools for enhancing the user experience in a
wide variety of systems, but at the same time raise new privacy concerns. For example …

Undergraduates interviewed about privacy concerns related to online data collection made
apparently contradictory statements. The same issue could evoke concern or not in the span …

We present a 3-week user study in which we tracked the locations of 27 subjects and asked
them to rate when, where, and with whom they would have been comfortable sharing their …

Objectives It is important to understand what factors make some users of social media
engage in risky activities. This under-researched area is the focus of the present study which …

A number of sensor applications in recent years collect data which can be directly
associated with human interactions. Some examples of such applications include GPS …