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On-Demand Webinar: Data and Privacy Protections: Building a Trusted Smart Home

Data and Privacy Protections: Building a Trusted Smart Home, co-hosted Park Associates and Iris Powered by Generali, provides insight into the changing relationship that brands and service providers now have with consumers, where security protections are part of doing business and solutions can be easy, seamless, and can ultimately help strengthen the long-term customer relationship.

Parks Associates’ research finds 72 percent of smart home product owners are concerned with the security of the personal data that is collected and transmitted by their smart home products. This webinar shares strategies to build consumer trust and help combat identity theft, fraud, and invasive data collection.

From the article, "On-Demand Webinar: Data and Privacy Protections: Building a Trusted Smart Home" from Residential Systems

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