Privacy in context: Privacy issues in Ubiquitous Computing applications

Abstract

This paper presents a review of privacy issues and guidelines for developing and assessing privacy-sensitive ubiquitous computing applications. Privacy is discussed to determine factors that affect peoples own privacy preferences in public and private environments. Ubiquitous environments based on invisible computers provide a particular challenge where limited user interfaces exist to inform users of the level of data collection and its usage. There is acceptance by designers of privacy-sensitive applications for a balance between control and feedback that is essential for systems to meet legal requirements for deployment to be successful. A survey of principles and design guidelines has been completed and these are used in the assessment of a context aware smart classroom environment. This paper aims to provide a foundation for developing and assessing privacy-sensitive applications.