New Recommendations for European Privacy Standards on the IoT.
Personal exercise monitors, smart refrigerators, Web-connected thermostats: the “Internet of Things” refers to the wide variety of digital consumer products capable of managing and tracking personal data and preferences. But while this industry has a Jetsons-inspired feel it also has Orwellian potential: once someone dawns a heart monitor, who will have access to their personal health data? Was the user even aware that the monitor was also recording their blood oxygen levels? And how many people will know when a user is home or not, based on their thermostat preferences?
To address these potential privacy concerns, Europe’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has released “Opinion 8/2014 on the Recent Developments on the Internet of Things,” a report that outlines the potential stakes of personal privacy on the Internet of Things, and lays out recommendations for these devices’ design and manufacture.
Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202672615129/Personal-Privacy-on-the-Internet-of-Things#ixzz3FqdvZgAl
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