TY - GEN
T1 - Privacy concerns in sharing personal consumption data through online applications
AU - Kamilaris, Andreas
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
AU - Kondepudi, Sekhar
AU - Komninos, Nikos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/9/26
Y1 - 2016/9/26
N2 - As online eco-feedback social applications are being increasingly used around the world for motivating citizens to become more energy-aware, privacy concerns in terms of sharing personal electricity consumption data among online contacts are rising. Through Social Electricity, an online application offering personal energy management through a social and collaborative environment, we study the privacy concerns of the users in two case studies, in Cyprus and Singapore. For the Cyprus case, we present an analysis of results gathered through a large questionnaire-based survey combined with mini focus group studies. For the Singapore case, we analyze the findings collected through a students' semester exercise. This paper provides interesting insights about the overall acceptance and tolerance levels of users of eco-feedback social applications.
AB - As online eco-feedback social applications are being increasingly used around the world for motivating citizens to become more energy-aware, privacy concerns in terms of sharing personal electricity consumption data among online contacts are rising. Through Social Electricity, an online application offering personal energy management through a social and collaborative environment, we study the privacy concerns of the users in two case studies, in Cyprus and Singapore. For the Cyprus case, we present an analysis of results gathered through a large questionnaire-based survey combined with mini focus group studies. For the Singapore case, we analyze the findings collected through a students' semester exercise. This paper provides interesting insights about the overall acceptance and tolerance levels of users of eco-feedback social applications.
KW - Eco-Feedback
KW - Energy Awareness
KW - Online Social Applications
KW - Privacy
KW - Social Electricity
KW - Users Perceptions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994152053&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IWCMC.2016.7577124
DO - 10.1109/IWCMC.2016.7577124
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84994152053
T3 - 2016 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016
SP - 594
EP - 599
BT - 2016 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 12th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016
Y2 - 5 September 2016 through 9 September 2016
ER -