Exploring Privacy: Mental Models of Potential Users of AAL Technology

Caterina Maidhof, Martina Ziefle, Julia Offermann

2022

Abstract

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies have a high potential to combat healthcare challenges while supporting older adults to live independently at their own home. Despite the general positive uptake of such technology, perceptions of barriers of acceptance persist, a major one regards privacy. With an explorative qualitative approach, the current study aimed at investigating participantsc̀ognitive representations of a scenario in which AAL is installed in the own home as a support at an older age. Special focus was on eliciting participantsìmplications for privacy in this scenario and to understand the individual requirements of using AAL technology at home. Opinions of 12 participants (age range: 23-81 years) from Germany and Switzerland were assessed through semi-structured interviews. The paper presents descriptive results and emerging themes of the mapping approach. The results show the usefulness of the method to understand thought processes of potential users regarding privacy preferences and technology usage. Findings might be useful to inform technical designers as well as lawmakers to consider these usage requirements during technology or law development.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Maidhof C., Ziefle M. and Offermann J. (2022). Exploring Privacy: Mental Models of Potential Users of AAL Technology. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE, ISBN 978-989-758-566-1, pages 93-104. DOI: 10.5220/0011046200003188

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe22,
author={Caterina Maidhof and Martina Ziefle and Julia Offermann},
title={Exploring Privacy: Mental Models of Potential Users of AAL Technology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,},
year={2022},
pages={93-104},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011046200003188},
isbn={978-989-758-566-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,
TI - Exploring Privacy: Mental Models of Potential Users of AAL Technology
SN - 978-989-758-566-1
AU - Maidhof C.
AU - Ziefle M.
AU - Offermann J.
PY - 2022
SP - 93
EP - 104
DO - 10.5220/0011046200003188