Understanding Health-oriented Privacy Perceptions Regarding Ubiquitous Technology Use

Info about the Project

In the last few years, there has been tremendous growth in the prevalence and widespread use of smart and ubiquitous technologies. These technologies include the use of smartphones, smartwatches and wearables, and smart devices. While these devices have a variety of benefits, they come at the cost of using our data for number of purposes that is not transparent to an average user. This project aims to understand how people perceive regarding privacy concerns with respect to their health data being collected and used by third party entities.
Faculty: 
Gregory D. Abowd, Sauvik Das, Munmun De Choudhury, Thomas Ploetz
Students: 
Mehrab Bin Morshed, Koustuv Saha