Information Privacy and Emerging Technologies in the UAE
- Submitting institution
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Ravensbourne University London
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- CM01
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.4018/IJT.2020070101
- Title of journal
- International Journal of Technoethics
- Article number
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- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1947-3451
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The rapid developments in the front of emerging technologies, such as Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things, pose certain challenges for societies that are trying to keep up with the changes these technologies introduce. As a consequence, significant concerns are being raised in relation to such developments.
One of the most widely debated and discussed issue in relation to the latter, has to do with the potential threats to personal information privacy. This paper aims at providing a preliminary overview of the relevant developments in the U.A.E., and their effect on the information privacy of the local population. Research questions and possible directions for further study are briefly suggested and outlined. Such questions and themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
What is the level of deployment of Big Data infrastructure in the local business environment? What is the level of satisfaction and the expectations from these investments from the viewpoint of the executives of these companies?
What is the penetration level in the country? How do the local executives perceive the financial benefits of following such paradigms, and how prepared is the local workforce to follow this trend in terms of skills and appropriate experience?
What is the penetration level and scope of the application of IoT in the country? What is its effect on the public’s perception of Information Privacy?
The paper is part of a larger collaborative research project the authors have been working on, and which led to another potential contribution towards the REF 21 submissions for Ravensbourne (‘Triple Helix in Higher Education in the U.A.E.’)
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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