TECSOS participated until 2020 in the European GHOST project together with the Spanish Red Cross and 8 other entities to guarantee the security of advanced Telecare services in digital homes.
The Social Technologies Foundation has participated in the GHOST project for 3 years together with European entities from different fields such as research, industry and social organizations.
During the development of the project, pilots were carried out with potential users in 3 different locations (Spain, Norway and Romania), who tested smart home solutions equipped with improved security and data privacy features.
The work of TECSOS together with the Red Cross focused both on the collection and definition of user needs and requirements, and on the implementation of two of the four use cases of the pilot that was deployed as of June 2018, with the participation of 50 direct users and 50 indirect beneficiaries in the region of Galicia.
The participating people have been, on the one hand, people over 65 years of age who live in their own homes and require advanced telecare services; and on the other, older adults (between 40 and 64 years) at risk of suffering from chronic diseases and who can benefit from health monitoring.
The GHOST project addressed the challenge of security in smart homes and connected homes, which are increasingly established thanks to technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT). The objective was to develop a usable and friendly solution that ensures the security and privacy of the data involved in digital home technological systems.
Further information: website GHOST
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