Wearables are facing a massive growth, but have to deal with major privacy issues that could hinder or at least delay the process.
Wearables and the Internet of Things are one of the most discussed at the moment with a considerable potential impact on our approach to technologies in the next years. But, with the huge amount of personal data relating to users as well as images/sounds on the people/events around him collected by means of such devices and the possibility to very easily share them on the Internet, the impact on privacy rights of these technologies will require a careful review.
The retail and fashion sectors need to deal with new legal issues due to the adoption of IoT technologies as a consequence of the rapid digital revolution of the industry.
Can the risk of cybercrime the main threat to the growth of the Internet of Things technologies? How to handle such risk?
Privacy risks can arise from the monitoring of usage of new technologies by employees at work and require a deep assessment especially in the light of the GDPR.
The Internet of Things is going to change the models of business of the financial services sector, unveiling new legal issues.
The Industrial Internet of Things also known as Industry 4.0 has the highest potentials of growth within the IoT, but it hides relevant legal issues.
The new Italian Jobs Act provisions open new opportunities for the usage of Internet of Things technologies of "smart working" aimed at monitoring employees in their working activity.
It has been a big year in the life sciences market: we have seen more consumer facing tools (e.g. wearable technologies) and a lot of innovation in the sector.
Remote monitoring of employees through tablets, smartphones, and other devices used as part of the working activity might be more accessible following the approval of changes to the Italian Workers’ Statute. But the scope of such change might have exciting developments regarding the Internet of Things and wearable technologies devices.