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The Internet of Things: The Cyber Vulnerability Landscape Emerges
The phenomenal growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), widely hailed in 2015, has been greater than originally forecast. Gartner, Inc. estimates a 30 percent increase in IoT devices connected to the...
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HIPAA and Health Care Apps: Is Your App Covered?
Health care apps are one of the most important and growing segments in the ecosystem known as the Internet of Things (IoT). After the recent amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and...
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China and the Internet of Things, and How to Destroy Your Own Company
Many years ago, I spoke at a major technology event about how to protect your IP from China. I rarely use notes when I give a speech, which leads me to oftentimes riff on various things. At some point...
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Principles to Consider for Your IoT Privacy and Security Program
Fifteen months after forming an Internet of Things (IoT) working group, on March 2, 2016, the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released a final version of its IoT Framework (Framework) along with a...
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China and the Internet of Things, Part 3 of 228
The title is a joke, but a nod to my writing so often these days about China’s role in the Internet of Things and of my plans to continue doing so. How can I not when so much of my law firm’s new China...
View ArticleWhen FinTech Meets the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things and FinTech are among the fastest growing markets, but their intersection leads to new legal issues to which operators might not be ready. The FinTech market and its connections...
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NTIA Commences Internet of Things Proceeding
On April 5, 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) initiated an inquiry to review the potential benefits and challenges presented by the Internet of Things (IoT)....
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Principles to Consider for Your IoT Privacy and Security Program
Fifteen months after forming an Internet of Things (IoT) working group, on March 2, 2016, the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released a final version of its IoT Framework (Framework) along with a...
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NTIA Commences Internet of Things Proceeding
On April 5, 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) initiated an inquiry to review the potential benefits and challenges presented by the Internet of Things (IoT)....
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‘Smart’ Ways to Avoid FTC Internet of Things Scrutiny
Connected devices have existed in the marketplace in one form or another for decades (think vending machines or weather sensors). Yet, a confluence of forces in recent years has helped spur a mass...
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The Internet of Things: Interoperability, Industry Standards & Related IP...
In an article published here in January we addressed some of the more significant Internet of Things (IoT) -specific standards and initiatives and emphasized the importance of interoperability as...
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A Crash Course On the Internet of Things
You may have heard the term, but how well do you really understand the “Internet of Things”? Armed with an ever-increasing list of Internet-connected devices capable of collecting employee data, how...
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner Targets IoT Health Devices in Sweep
What rumours is your fitness tracker spreading about you? In its latest Internet of Things themed sweep, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reviews what personal information is being...
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Regulators Announce International Investigation into Practices of Internet...
A number of data protection authorities (DPAs) around the globe have issued press releases confirming their involvement in the 2016 global privacy “sweep”, which kicked off on April 11th. This year’s...
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China, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, IoT, Marshall Goldsmith, and Suing Your...
One of our internet of things hardware clients recently told me how none of what he has learned about the need to protect his intellectual property from China had ever been even hinted at in any of the...
View ArticleNTIA Steps into IoT Debate
Continuing its tradition of active involvement in digital economy questions, the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a request for...
View ArticleSpotlight On Big Data and Connected Devices
As the number of connected devices grew (the so-called “Internet of Things”), so, too, did the risk of data hacking and unauthorized access to sensitive personal information. After the Federal Trade...
View ArticleSenate Panel Passes “Internet of Things” Bill
Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee passed a bill meant to increase government involvement in the development of the “Internet of Things” (IoT). By a voice vote, the committee approved the...
View ArticleOfcom Releases Statement On Spectrum for the ‘Internet of Things’
Last year, we reported on Ofcom’s Statement on ‘Promoting investment and innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT)’ (Statement). IoT refers to the exponentially growing network of products that are...
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China and the Internet of Things: Who Owns What?
China (Shenzhen mostly) remains the primary destination for manufacturing of small electronic consumer products. And since Internet of Things (IoT) products are red hot, this means our China lawyers...
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