Tag: Privacy

  • Infineon Secures the Smart Home

    Infineon Secures the Smart Home

    Joining project CHIP, Infineon provides hardware security to next generation of Home IoT devices.

  • Amazon’s new “Always Home Cam” can spy everywhere in your home

    Amazon’s new “Always Home Cam” can spy everywhere in your home

    Yes, it is a drone! Would you allow a small flying camera to wander around your house and send footage to the cloud?

  • To comply with GDPR, most data should remain at the edge — IoT Times

    To comply with GDPR, most data should remain at the edge — IoT Times

    During his recent speech at the European Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook praised the GDPR as an example that other governments should follow.   “This year, you’ve shown the world that good policy and political will can come together to protect the rights of everyone. We should celebrate the […]

  • London Creates Ethics Panel to Evaluate Use of Facial Recognition

    An independent panel that advises City Hall on the ethics of policing in the capital is to examine the use by the Metropolitan Police of facial recognition technology. Today the Mayor of London announced that a new Chair of the London Policing Ethics Panel, the ethical policy expert Dr Suzanne Shale, will review the Metropolitan […]

  • Europe’s GDPR Slaps Data Collected by Cities

    Cities collecting personally identifiable data, by the government or through any third party, are responsible to abide by the GDPR rules, just like any other organization collecting data. Courtesy of Mayor of London office The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is the most discussed piece of legislation in information technology. It […]

  • Europe’s GDPR Hits Global IoT Supply Chain

    The most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years will affect all products and services that collect user data. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires products to incorporate data protection by design and for companies to disclose any data breach immediately, reporting it to European regulators regardless of the company’s location […]

  • It’s Not YOUR Data, Didn’t You know?

    It’s Not YOUR Data, Didn’t You know?

    Identity. In the digital age, this is widely characterised by our data. Internet browsing data, consumer data, digitised public service records and biometrics. A key thread linking many a Smart City talk today is the optimization of public services through data technology. This encompasses everything from delivering healthcare to undeserved populations to more efficient tax […]