 A port in the data-sharing storm: the GDPR and the Internet of thingsNóra Ni Loideain Journal of Cyber Policy, 2019, vol. 4, issue 2, 178-196 Abstract: The onward march of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) heralds an all-encompassing data-driven society where the collection, analysis, sharing, and retention of personal data by service providers, machines and objects will be pervasive and ubiquitous, thereby normalising sustained data gathering from any source possible. In other words, the full realisation of the IoT would best be described as a data-sharing storm where there are no controls or safeguards on what data is shared, who it is shared with, or for what purposes data is used or re-used. As a legal framework that stipulates key principles and safeguards that must be employed when processing of personal data takes place within its scope of application, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a port in the data-sharing storm put forward by this vision of the IoT. This article examines what role the recent major upgrade of EU data protection law, under the GDPR, may play in addressing the data protection implications and challenges posed by the IoT for data controllers and processors. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rcybxx:v:4:y:2019:i:2:p:178-196 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/23738871.2019.1635176 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Cyber Policy is currently edited by Emily Taylor More articles in Journal of Cyber Policy from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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