2. Overview of implications for privacy
In a recent industry-funded opinion survey on the social implications of wearable computing in the UK and US, 51% of respondents cited privacy as a barrier to adoption and 62% thought Google Glass and other wearable devices should be regulated in some form, while 20% called for these devices to be banned entirely.66 Forrester Research has concluded that fulfilling the promise of wearable computing is dependent on putting users in control of their own data, such as being able to choose whether to share it or not.67