Authors:Victor Chang¹;Zhi Wang²;Qianwen Ariel Xu^1;2;Lewis Golightly¹;Ben S. Liu³ andMitra Arami⁴

Affiliations:¹Artificial Intelligence and Information System Research Group, School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, U.K.;²IBSS, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China;³Department of Marketing, Quinnipiac University, U.S.A.;⁴EM Normandie Business School, France

Keyword(s):Smart Home, Ethics, Internet of Things, Data Analytics.

Abstract:With the growing popularity of the Internet of Things, smart home applications are developing gradually and bring convenience to users' lives. In this paper, first, an overview of IoT and widely agreed and accepted three-layer architecture of IoT are introduced. Next, this paper discusses the basic features of the smart home and data analytics in a smart home with the benefits and analysis process. Security and privacy are the key ethical problems in the smart home, such as security attack, analysis of "non-sensitive" data, improper information collection and data abuse. Additionally, the user perception of privacy issues is included in this paper. Furthermore, this paper recommends suitable suggestions for improving ethical issues.