An Internet of Things plan will be issued by the European Commission by mid-2016, but also single countries like Italy are bringing forward IoT initiatives.
New Italian regulations on drones open questions on whether such technology has been over-regulated or rules were necessary for its proper exploitation.
"This a crucial timing for the IoT and the industry 4.0 and we need to be coordinated" and the upcoming first meeting of IoTItaly seems the good opportunity for that.
Here is a video of a panel run by myself and my DLA Piper colleague Mark Radcliffe with Kathrine Butler from GE, Lorena Marciano from Cisco Systems and Edwina Baddeley from Accenture on the legal issues of the Internet of Things at the Internet of Things Summit World Congress of Barcelona 2015.
Data generated through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are expected to be its main source of income, but needs forward looking privacy rules to be fully exploited.
There is no 100% safe software and the Internet of Things cannot be blamed for that. It is necessary to find "adequate" standards of safety meeting business and consumers' needs.
Just a few days are missing to the closure of the consultation on the Internet of Things by the Italian privacy authority which represents a good opportunity for the whole sector.
The growth of cybercrime risks created a massive market for cyber risk insurance policies, but can any liability be insured? And what is the difference between a cyber risk policy and an ordinary liability policy? What companies shall do in case of cyber attack?
The launch of IoTItaly, the association on the Internet of Things (IoT) in Italy, has created a considerable interest among the companies operating in the sector. Companies need to gather together in order to avoid to miss the opportunity of the IoT and need to do it now.