Internet of Things – Top 10 privacy and data protection concerns

Internet of Things – Top 10 privacy and data protection concerns

Personal Privacy on the Internet of Things

New Recommendations for European Privacy Standards on the IoT.

Katherine Montgomery, Law Technology News

October 8, 2014    | 1 Comments

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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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The Internet of Things: A Legal and Professional Minefield

How will a world in which nearly everything can be identified and monitored impact laws and lawyers?

John Edwards, Law Technology News

April 28, 2014    |0 Comments

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Get ready for an Internet that connects just about everything on the planet to nearly everything else.

In just a few years, an untold number of interconnected devices—everything from smart phones to irrigation systems to parking meters to vending machines to home refrigerators to medical sensors—will be able to swap data with each other.

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How the 'Internet of Things' Will Impact eDiscovery

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Mitigating Internet of Things issues and securing the network

The Internet of Things is a term being thrown around a lot lately. It sounds a lot like Skynet from the "Terminator" movies, but can you explain what this term means and the extent to which I should be concerned about defending my network from the threats IoT poses?

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/answer/Mitigating-Internet-of-Things-issues-and-securing-the-network?asrc=EM_ERU_26692235&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=ERU&utm_campaign=20140220_ERU%20Transmission%20for%2002/20/2014%20(UserUniverse:%20678005)_myka-reports@techtarget.com&src=5214032More of an abstraction than a reality, the Internet of Thingsis nonetheless a fascinating emerging change in the IT landscape that deserves serious contemplation on the part of security professionals.