The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living

Christina Jaschinski; Somaya Ben Allouch; Oscar Peters; Jan van Dijk

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_33

The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living

Christina Jaschinski^*, Somaya Ben Allouch, Oscar Peters, Jan van Dijk

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Abstract

With population aging and the expected shortage of formal and informal caregivers, emerging technologies for assistive living are on the rise. Focusing on the perspective of the prospective users of these technologies, this study investigates the perceived drivers and barriers that influence AAL adoption. An online survey among 1296 Dutch older adults was conducted. Although loss of privacy was identified as major barrier towards AAL adoption in previous research, the current study provides statistical evidence that these concerns are secondary to the expected benefits of safe and independent living. These findings suggests that older adults consider aging safely in their trusted home environment as a valid trade-off for some loss of privacy. Despite these results, we urge developers to be mindful of privacy aspects when developing AAL applications, as privacy concerns still had a significant negative influence on the attitude towards using AAL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Qin Gao, Jia Zhou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	463-473
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-50249-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-50248-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_33
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2020
Event	6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020 - Virtual Event, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020 Conference number: 6 http://2020.hci.international/itap.html

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12208 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020
Abbreviated title	ITAP 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/20 → 24/07/20
Other	Held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020
Internet address	http://2020.hci.international/itap.html

Keywords

Assisted living
Older adults
Privacy
Technology adoption
Theory of planned behavior (TPB)
n/a OA procedure

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Jaschinski, C., Ben Allouch, S., Peters, O., & van Dijk, J. (2020). The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living. In Q. Gao, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings (pp. 463-473). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12208 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_33

Jaschinski, Christina ; Ben Allouch, Somaya ; Peters, Oscar et al. / The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. editor / Qin Gao ; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2020. pp. 463-473 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Jaschinski, C, Ben Allouch, S, Peters, O & van Dijk, J 2020, The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living. in Q Gao & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12208 LNCS, Springer, pp. 463-473, 6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_33

The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living. / Jaschinski, Christina; Ben Allouch, Somaya; Peters, Oscar et al.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Qin Gao; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2020. p. 463-473 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12208 LNCS).

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Jaschinski C, Ben Allouch S, Peters O, van Dijk J. The Influence of Privacy on the Acceptance of Technologies for Assisted Living. In Gao Q, Zhou J, editors, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging - 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Springer. 2020. p. 463-473. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_33

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