Thanks to billions of wirelessly connected devices
across the globe gathering and transmitting data about our lives,
we face a potentially enormous threat to our privacy.
At the annual International
Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners,
experts from around the world got together to consider the impact
the Internet of Things (IoT), (a term that refers to the transfer
of data via a wide range of devices), is going to have on personal
privacy, and came up with this
declaration.
The IoT promises to transform daily life, making it easier to
work, travel, shop and stay healthy. Businesses involved in the IoT
should take note, as it seems Privacy Commissioners from around the
world will expect data generated by devices to be treated as
personal information and thereby accorded the protection conveyed
by local privacy laws.
