User-centric privacy

Abstract

Security and privacy aspects are crucial for the acceptance of IoT environments. Accordingly, this chapter will focus on new approaches to enable end user to better control and protect their privacy and personal data. In particular, it will describe the work carried out in the context of the EU project SMARTIE, which proposed a user-centric platform for secure exchange and sharing based on the use of advanced cryptographic schemes. This platform is, in turn, an instantiation of a reference functional architecture derived from the IoT-A project that is also explained. Furthermore, the chapter provides a description about the use of specific technologies and approaches that are employed in the context of Smart Buildings, where data protection aspects are addressed through the mentioned platform.