A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
An Assessment of Privacy Policies for Smart Home Devices
Authors: Heino Timi, Rauti Sampsa, Carlsson Robin
Editors: Tzvetomir Vassilev, Roumen Trifonov
Conference name: International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies
Publishing place: New York, NY
Publication year: 2023
Book title : CompSysTech '23: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies
Series title: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
First page : 129
Last page: 133
ISBN: 979-8-4007-0047-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3606305.3606332
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1145/3606305.3606332
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/182350737
Connected devices using the internet, such as smart home appliances, wearable technology, and other IoT devices, keep becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. At the same time, privacy of the IoT is still a great concern, and consumers need better ways to understand privacy issues clearly. We provide an overview of smart home device privacy policies in the context of the EU area and particularly Finland. In the current study, we analyze the privacy policies of mobile applications associated with 20 smart home devices, and assess these documents in terms of clarity and transparency. We find that the policies are frequently very vague about the third-parties involved, and often fail to clearly indicate whether the privacy policy applies to a specific device model, several models, associated mobile application, or company website.
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