About a quarter of U.S. broadband households are concerned about their privacy and security when using connected CE devices, according to a new Parks Associates white paper, sponsored by Verimatrix. The research notes that video service operators, under pressure to provide a personalized experience to viewers, are expanding their video data analytics strategies and so experience several new risk factors impacting customer privacy and integrity of the data caused by cloud connectivity, multivendor environments and vulnerability to hackers.
From the article "Video Operators, Security Risks And Data Analytics: White Paper Addresses Connected Home Concerns" by Laura Hamilton.
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