The Internet of Things (IoT) M&A market already reached the value of $ 14.8bn in 2015 which is more than the value reached during the whole 2014 showing an impressive growth.
The recent approval by New Jersey of a law on the ownership of data generated by connected cars might have an impact on the future of the Internet of Things (IoT) providing an interesting approach also for European privacy regulators.
The DLA Piper Internet of Things group just launched a series of webinars on legal and business issues of the Internet of Things. The first webinar will cover the Business and Legal Framework of the Internet of Things and will take place on Wednesday 22 April 2015 from 3.00 to 4.00pm UK time.
The recent report from the US Senator Ed Markey raises issues on the future of connected cars because of the privacy issues and the potential cybercrimes that might affect the security of vehicles. This happens when the recent regulatory developments show that privacy and cybersecurity is on the top of the agenda of car makers and US and EU regulators are negotiating common rules.
19 makers of cars and trucks sold in the US committed to preserve the privacy of their customers in the view of the massive amount of personal data that are going to be processed through connected car.
Here are the main legal topics on connected cars covered during the Connected Automobiles conference where I gave a presentation named "Privacy and regulations: state-of-the-art and future issues" on legal issues relating to connected cars whose slides are available here.
I have been invited to give a presentation about the Internet of Things legal issues affecting connected cars as part of the Connected Automobiles 2014 conference on the 12th of…