A Two-Fold Study to Investigate Users’ Perception of IoT Information Sensitivity Levels and Their Willingness to Share the Information

Privacy in the Internet of Things: Where do We Stand? A Systematic Literature Review

“…However, the approach does not consider the magnitude of an inconsistency. As shown in [83], consumers' perception of sensitivity towards IoT information varies based on the types of information. For instance, if an IoT application collects the users' biometric information without mentioning it in its privacy policy, the magnitude of the inconsistency may not be same as if the information in question belongs to a less sensitive category (such as internet-based).…”

“…Additionally, current research do not evaluate the magnitude of inconsistencies based on the IoT information sensitivity. For instance, inconsistencies related to location information and environmental temperature information are considered on the same scale, which might not be the same from users' perspectives [83].…”

“…However, providing a detailed privacy policy describing all types of data can be challenging [4]. Additionally, users' privacy concerns may vary based on the types of information collected by the devices, affecting the severity of the privacy violations [83]. More attention is required to understand users' risk perception based on the sensitivity types of information collected by the IoT applications for the following reasons.…”

“…Moreover, existing works mainly study the privacy perceptions of male participants and young IoT users. Users' privacy expectations and preferences can be different among cultures, genders, and ages [83], [142]. Hence, the current literature's methodologies to understand users' privacy preferences might not be generalized to a broader perspectives.…”

A User Study to Evaluate a Web-based Prototype for Smart Home Internet of Things Device Management

“…They summarized the threats in several categories, i.e., identity theft, social threat, online safety, data security, cyber attacks. Some other research works also reported that users in general are not aware of these privacy threats since they are not informed how and to what extent their personal information is being accessed [31,14,23,11]. Additionally, smart home users often share their devices with trusted people who live outside of their home [27].…”