for prof gegee only

Everyday, people download new apps and use existing ones on their Smartphones. But do we really know what data these apps are tracking or what personal information we are providing to the creators of these apps?

CBC’s Marketplace recently did a show where they created a free app that Canadians could download (here is the online episode http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episodes/2016-2017/apps). The people who downloaded the free app gave permission for the creators to access many aspects of their phone (not unlike many apps on your phone today), such as phone logs, text messages, contact lists, photos, camera, etc. By giving permission before downloading the app, Marketplace was able to see every phone call and text made, could open up a person's personal photo album, and even take pictures from a person's phone without their knowledge.

In this assignment, your goal is to research what these permissions really mean. You will find out how often people actually read these permissions or if they really understand what they mean, how much access a phone app can get based on these permissions (for Smartphones and/or other wearable devices such as Fitbit and the Apple Watch), and finally what people can do to protect themselves. You need to use peer reviewed or reputable sources to research this topic (such as papers from the ACM Library and Canada's Privacy Commission's research papers available on their website https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/publications/). You should have 3-5 good references for this assignment.

You will use the ACM SIGCHI paper format available as a Word template (attached). Here is a link to a conference paper in the ACM Library that uses a similar template: (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2810127&CFID=895495174&CFTOKEN=49478466).

You will use the IEEE citation format (links to the citation format are below). Your paper is to be 2-2.5 pages, properly formatted, including references.

IEEE Reference/Citation Format Links:

https://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf

http://www.ijssst.info/info/IEEE-Citation-StyleGuide.pdf

Below is the grading rubrics for this assignment.

Paper Grading Rubric

A- to A+ (80-100%)	B to B+ (74-79%)	B- (70-73%)	C- to C+ (56-68%)	D (50-55%)	F (<50)
The paper demonstrates a strong understanding of the topic and challenges of this area. Content is complete, relevant, accurate & well-organized. Layout & writing style is outstanding (including spelling and grammar). Includes excellent & relevant sources.	The paper shows a good understanding of the topic and challenges. Content is generally complete, relevant, accurate & well-organized. Layout & writing style is very good. References used are mostly relevant and on topic.	The paper shows some understanding of the topic and the challenges of this area. Content is appropriate but may be disorganized. Layout & writing style is adequate. References are somewhat relevant to the topic.	The paper shows limited understanding of the topic and challenges of this area. Some content is inappropriate and disorganized. Layout & writing style needs improvement. Few relevant sources were used.	The paper has limited or no understanding of the topic and/or the challenges associated with this area. Content is weak & disorganized. Layout & writing style is unacceptable. Little evidence of research references used.	Essay component absent.

[Note: You should have 3-5 relevant Reputable (e.g., peer reviewed) references]

Components	Points	Given Points
Topic Content, Understanding, and Organization	1 – 20 points
Writing Style and Paper Formatting	1 – 10 points
References and Formatting	1 – 10 points
MAX Points and Total:	40 Points