New data-driven technologies yield benefits and potentials, but also confront different
agents and stakeholders with challenges in retaining control over their data. Our goal in this …

The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) was launched on 1 November 2021 in
China. This article provides a state-of-the-art review of PIPL through a policy analysis. This …

Smart city emerges a promising paradigm for improving operational efficiency of city and
comfort of people. With embedded multi-sensors, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) hold …

Against the widespread assumption that data are the oil of the 21st century, this article offers
an alternative conceptual framework, interpretation, and pathway around data and smart city …

Smart cities connect humans to networks of information to create urban operating systems
that optimize traffic management, sustainable energy use, and enact smart governance. The …

One objective of smart cities is to produce smart decisions that will address sustainability
and climate change through big data and citizen engagement. However, to achieve this …

Smart cities are emerging rapidly due to the provisioning of comfort in the human lifestyle.
The healthcare system is an important segment of the smart city. The timely delivery of …

While cloud computing is relatively mature and its potential benefits well understood by
individual, industry and government consumers, a number of security and privacy concerns …

Cryptographic methods have been extensively employed in various systems to address
security objectives, such as data confidentiality, authentication, and secure communication …

Digital technology significantly impacts our everyday social lives and how we conduct
business. This development results in abundant new data generated by people and …