End of .COM, innovation, M&A consolidation, CTDs and casino games in my personal predictions for the gaming sector in 2015.
Privacy rules aimed at facilitating the processing of biometric data have been just issued by the Italian data protection authority (the Garante) with the purpose of fostering technologies relying on their usage including Internet of Things technologies.
Internet of Things technologies are already all around us and with a market that is expected to reach a value of more than $ 14.4 trillion over the next decade with 50 billion connected devices by 2020, the question is whether ad hoc regulations are necessary to govern the Internet of Things sector.
For those that missed the articles of September 2014, here is what I have been discussing about!
Connected cars are expected to generate $ 131.9 billion by 2019 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34.7% from 2013 to 2019. But such growth shall face legal issues that not only affect data protection matters, but also have an impact on product liability issues, telecom law obligations, security and data loss risks.
The growth of the Internet of Things brought the attention of the European data protection regulators that through the European data protection advisory body, the Article 29 Working Party, issued an opinion on the Internet of Things providing specific recommendations.
I am glad to inform you that I have been invited to talk about legal issues of telemedicine and eHealth at the TeleMediCare 2014 conference on the 2nd of October 2013.
For those of you who have not been able to attend the webinar on legal issues of the Internet of Things yesterday, I have posted here and below my presentation.
eHealth and fitness/wellness apps are being investigated and potentially sanctioned by the Italian data protection authority that found half of them not compliant with applicable privacy laws.
Data protection breaches of health related sensitive data might occur through a mere video scanning an individual's face according to a recent research.