The DLA Piper Internet of Things group just launched a series of webinars on legal and business issues of the Internet of Things. ย The first webinar will cover the Business and Legal Framework of the Internet of Things and will take place on Wednesday 22 April 2015 from 3.00 to 4.00pm UK time.
The recent report from the USย Senator Ed Markey raises issues on the future of connected cars because of the privacy issues and the potential cybercrimes that might affect the security of vehicles. ย This happens when the recent regulatory developments show that privacy and cybersecurity is on the top of the agenda of car makers and US and EU regulators are negotiating common rules.ย
Internet of things rules might change after the recommendations issued by the US Federal Trade Commission, FTC, and the commitments taken by the UK telecom regulator, Ofcom, which set out the principles for the future of the IoT that any other regulator worldwide might follow.ย
Here are the main legal topics on connected cars covered during the Connected Automobiles conference where I gave a presentation named "Privacy and regulations: state-of-the-art and future issues" on legal issues relating to connected cars whose slides are available here.
The Italian Data Protection Authority issued regulations introducing new relevant data protection obligations for banks in the processing of customers' personal data by their employees aimed at monitoring the transfer of personal data by banks and at tracking the activities performed by bank's employees on such data.