TY - GEN
T1 - Privacy attitudes and data valuation among fitness tracker users
AU - Vitak, Jessica
AU - Liao, Yuting
AU - Kumar, Priya
AU - Zimmer, Michael
AU - Kritikos, Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Fitness trackers are an increasingly popular tool for tracking one’s health and physical activity. While research has evaluated the potential benefits of these devices for health and well-being, few studies have empirically evaluated users’ behaviors when sharing personal fitness information (PFI) and the privacy concerns that stem from the collection, aggregation, and sharing of PFI. In this study, we present findings from a survey of Fitbit and Jawbone users (N=361) to understand how concerns about privacy in general and user-generated data in particular affect users’ mental models of PFI privacy, tracking, and sharing. Findings highlight the complex relationship between users’ demographics, sharing behaviors, privacy concerns, and internet skills with how valuable and sensitive they rate their PFI. We conclude with a discussion of opportunities to increase user awareness of privacy and PFI.
AB - Fitness trackers are an increasingly popular tool for tracking one’s health and physical activity. While research has evaluated the potential benefits of these devices for health and well-being, few studies have empirically evaluated users’ behaviors when sharing personal fitness information (PFI) and the privacy concerns that stem from the collection, aggregation, and sharing of PFI. In this study, we present findings from a survey of Fitbit and Jawbone users (N=361) to understand how concerns about privacy in general and user-generated data in particular affect users’ mental models of PFI privacy, tracking, and sharing. Findings highlight the complex relationship between users’ demographics, sharing behaviors, privacy concerns, and internet skills with how valuable and sensitive they rate their PFI. We conclude with a discussion of opportunities to increase user awareness of privacy and PFI.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85044406900
SN - 9783319781044
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 229
EP - 239
BT - Transforming Digital Worlds - 13th International Conference, iConference 2018, Proceedings
A2 - Chowdhury, Gobinda
A2 - McLeod, Julie
A2 - Gillet, Val
A2 - Willett, Peter
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 13th International Conference on Transforming Digital Worlds, iConference 2018
Y2 - 25 March 2018 through 28 March 2018
ER -