A Study of the Landscape of Privacy Policies of Smart Devices

Understand

As the adoption of smart devices continues to permeate all aspects of our lives, user privacy concerns have become more pertinent than ever.

• Privacy policies outline the data handling practices of these devices.
• Prior work in the domains of websites and mobile apps has shown that privacy policies are rarely read and understood by users.
• In these domains, automatic analysis of privacy policies has been shown to help give users appropriate insights.