COVID-19 Can Create Opportunity for IoT in the Caribbean
Touchless controls ( elevator buttons and water cooler ) Automatic aerosol dispenser Holographic technologies Reduce risk of EM radiation to health from frequent use of devices
Table 1 : Summary of open-ended responses to new technologies to be used in a store
Connecting to the Internet when in public ( percentages )
I use the open ( unlocked ) WiFi from my telecommunications ( cellular ) provider
I use any open ( unclocked ) WiFi
I ask the business for the WiFi password
I use a business open ( unlocked ) WiFi if I trust the company
I use my cellular data plan
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Fig . 6 : Summary of methods respondents connect to the Internet when in public ( percentages of responses )
Access to the Internet via a cellular data plan ( Fig . 6 ) was the highest choice selected which together with the preference to have businesses communicate via email ( Fig . 7 ) supported using the smart phone for B2C communications .
Fig . 8 revealed that the majority of individuals would only automatically send their health data to medical professionals ’ dependent on the additional personal information contained in the message . Therefore , anonymization is an important feature of any medical data transmitted . With the concept of enforced personal data privacy ( as in “ privacy by design and by default ”), the results can be reinterpreted to provide an aggregation of the “ yes ” and “ depends ” percentages . Therefore , it revealed that 87 % wanted to know if they are in close proximity to someone with a disease . Similarly , 71 % agreed on the public display of locations of infected persons . However , publicizing a location would facilitate visual confirmation of individuals present , thus negating the benefits of removing personal information from the medical data .
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