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.
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.
Italian banks are required to comply with strict rules in their whistleblowing procedures for reporting possible breaches in banking law regulations by the end of the year.
EU privacy regulators took their first position on the Safe Harbor decision when negotiations on the TTIP agreement between the EU and the US reach a delicate stage.
The position of a German privacy authority challenging data transfers under the EU model clauses following the Safe Harbor decision of the ECJ created a higher level of uncertainty.
The European Court of Justice (the CJEU) held that the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of data to the US are invalid opening questions on past and future data transfers relying on such data protection rules and calling for immediate actions.
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.
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Yves Bot issued his opinion on the Facebook case raising concerns on the adequacy of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of personal data to the United States leading to considerable issues for not only social media, but for any business.
The IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona is about to start and I will be there running a panel of legal issues of the Internet of Things (IoT), are you going to join us?