Richard Kemp recently contributed a video to Practical Law which outlines the legal issues that businesses involved in the Internet of Things need to be aware of.

Topics include:

• The Internet of Things (IoT) explained
• Why the IoT is so significant
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution
• Key legal issues related to the IoT
• Key privacy and security challenges
• How EU data protection law addresses these challenges
• How the data protection principles apply to the IoT
• Other data protection rules that also apply
• Recommendations of the working party Opinion
• Implications of the General Data Protection Regulation
• Key differences between the US and EU approach to IoT privacy

View the video here.

Cases referenced:

• Google Spain SL v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) (C-131/12) [2014] Q.B. 1022
• Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (C-362/14) [2016] Q.B. 527