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SUMMARY:User Privacy Concerns and Preferences in Smart Buildings - Maryam 
 Mehrnezhad\, Newcastle University
DTSTART:20201201T130000Z
DTEND:20201201T140000Z
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CONTACT:Jack Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Smart buildings are socio-technical systems that bring togethe
 r building systems\, IoT technology and occupants. A multitude of embedded
  sensors continually collect and share building data on a large scale whic
 h is used to understand and streamline daily operations. Much of this data
  is highly influenced by the presence of building occupants and could be u
 sed to monitor and track their location and activities. The combination of
  open accessibility to smart building data and stringent data protection l
 egislation such as the GDPR makes the privacy of smart building occupants 
 a concern. Until now\, little if any research exists on occupant privacy i
 n work-based or commercial smart buildings. This paper begins to address t
 his gap by reporting on a study conducted amongst occupants of a state-of-
 the-art commercial smart building to understand their privacy concerns and
  preferences. Our results show that the majority of the occupants are not 
 familiar with the types of data being collected\, that it is subtly relate
 d to them\, nor the privacy risks associated with it. When we informed occ
 upants about this data and the risks\, they became more concerned and call
 ed for more transparency in the data collection process. The occupants wer
 e also largely averse to open accessibility of the collected data.\n
LOCATION:Webinar
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