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.
The European Court of Human Rights held that the remote monitoring of employees' Internet usage is legal and cannot be considered in breach of their rights to private life.
IoT, privacy, 3D printing and rules for WhatsApp and Skype among the best technology posts of 2015 of this blog listed to celebrate the just passed year.
The Internet of Things market has seen substantial changes during the last year, but what legal issues shall be faced in 2016? What might hinder the growth of the IoT?
The EU Privacy reform was agreed last week and the European Commission has now published the first Q&A clarifying some changes of this data protection revolution.
The EU privacy reform providing for the adoption of the EU Data Protection Regulation has been agreed setting a milestone for the future of privacy within the EU.
A European cybersecurity directive is upcoming and will lead to considerable obligations, but also more certainty that might support the growth of the IoT.
The prohibition ordered to Facebook by the Belgian Privacy Commission to track users without an account might have an impact on all social media and websites.
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.
The European Commission issued guidelines on how to operate following the invalidation by the European Court of Justice of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for transfers of personal data between the EU and US. But this might not be the solution of this saga.