In the article titled “Text Data Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things: Threats, Challenges, and Future Directions” [1], (i)Author Muhammad Ramzan was affiliated to Computer Science Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah City, Saudi Arabia, which is incorrect. The correct affiliation for this author is

“Department of Computer Science & IT, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.” (ii)Author Sultan H. Almotiri was affiliated to Department of Computer Science & IT, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan, which is incorrect. The correct affiliation for this author is

“Computer Science Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah City, Saudi Arabia.”

The corrected list of affiliations is shown in the author information above.