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An Approach for Protecting Privacy in the IoT

Authors:
George O. M. Yee

Keywords: privacy; protection; IoT; policy; compliance

Abstract:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is attracting great interest within the research community. Yet, there is little research on how data generated by the “things” can be shared while respecting the privacy wishes of the data’s owners. Consider a smart refrigerator as one of the “things”. It keeps track of which food items are consumed, in order that the consumer can know when and what foods need to be replenished. Suppose the smart refrigerator sends this consumption information to online grocers that can automatically schedule deliveries to replenish the food. The consumption information may contain personal information (e.g., foods identifying a particular medical condition) leading to privacy concerns. This paper proposes an approach that utilizes personal privacy policies and policy compliance checking to protect privacy in the IoT, using the smart refrigerator as an example to illustrate the approach.

Pages: 60 to 66

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: October 9, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8599

ISBN: 978-1-61208-512-8

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 9, 2016 to October 13, 2016