Abstract
The market of wearable devices, which includes advanced devices such as smart watches, fitness trackers, augmented and virtual reality headsets, wearable cameras and other gadgets, is growing at a spectacularly fast pace thanks to the acceptance by users with open arms. However, there exist some concerns about how wearable devices could affect people’s privacy. This paper presents a literature review of privacy issues related to wearable devices. Due to the novelty of this topic, there is a lack of legislation and most wearable manufacturers do not respect the privacy of their customers. The main concern is related to the potential incorrect use of health data collected by wearable devices. Finally, from the information reviewed, several implications to be considered by all stakeholders are drawn.
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28 March 2018
The original version of the book was inadvertently published with incorrect third author name as “Pablo Torres Carrión”, which has been corrected as “Pablo Torres-Carrión” in Chapter 15, Frontmatter and Backmatter, and the affiliation of first and second authors “Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Tecnolgica Equinoccial, Quito, Ecuador” has been updated as “Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Quito, Ecuador” in Chapter 49. The erratum book has been updated with the changes.
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Saa, P., Moscoso-Zea, O., Lujan-Mora, S. (2018). Wearable Technology, Privacy Issues. In: Rocha, Á., Guarda, T. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS 2018). ICITS 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 721. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73450-7_49
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