IoT Privacy News

A bipartisan bill to encourage IoT security in equipment for federal use is back for legislative approval. In its revised form, it now provides...

NIST's white paper draft on IoT trust concerns is now available for public comment until November 16th

Last month, a US Court of Appeal in Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. City of Naperville affirmed an earlier decision to protect such data...

To facilitate collaboration, networking and general advances in addressing IoT privacy issues, the Forum has added a 'Resources' page which will...

Stories of smart speaker cock-ups are doing the rounds more than ever. A new book by Matthew Hennessey, Zero Hour for Gen X: How the Last Adult...

Smart TVs have emerged as a leading privacy threat, competing with smart speakers to leverage consumers' habits, behavior and preferences into...

Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Christopher Coons (D-Del.) have written a letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, following reports that an Echo device...

A group of staff at the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) have warned that poorly secured IoT devices could result in consumer safety...

"The House That Spied On Me" is an investigative report that involved the installation of assorted 'smart' devices in a family apartment, with a...

Information the FTC requested from mobile device manufacturers was examined in conjunction with information from wireless carriers about their...

The AV Start bill, intended to clear the regulatory path for self-driving vehicles, is being held up by at least three Democrat Senators who cite...

The Consumer Reports group has evaluated top smart TV brands and found that popular Roku-based TVs are vulnerable to unsophisticated web hacks...

Eavesdropping concerns and security failings were behind last week's decision in Germany to ban sales of various children's smartwatches, just as...

The 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, held last month in Hong Kong, produced a non-binding resolution...

A commercial light airplane has collided with a drone in Quebec, Canada, causing only minor damage as the jet descended for landing at the Jean...

In this episode of The Privacy Advisor Podcast, Gilad Rosner discusses his work in bringing together academics, advocates, governments and...

The Kromtech Security Center recently discovered the goldmine of email addresses, passwords, license plates and VINs belonging to SVR Tracking, a...

Last month, Data & Society and fifteen scholars filed an amicus brief in Carpenter v. United States, a pending U.S. Supreme Court case expected...

The FTC's recently revised guidance document for compliance with COPPA now includes references to the Internet of Things and connected toys.

The FBI has weighed into a major controversy with a consumer notice encouraging parents "to consider cyber security prior to introducing smart,...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has contributed comments to a working group overseen by the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information...

German techies have fooled the Galaxy 8's iris recognition authentication software by placing a contact lens over a life-size color printed...

Before an audience of experts at the International One cybersecurity conference in the Hague this week, an 11-year-old tech enthusiast was...

Now, with a growing influx of IoT sensors being deployed across society, police can access dozens of reliable trackers cooperating to keep tabs...

The 'Connect' app enables extra features for select Bose headsets and speakers in the QuietComfort, QuietControl, SoundLink and SoundSport...

Man buys IoT garage door opener. Man thinks product is poorly made, leaves comment in manufacturer's forum and on Amazon.

"Modern Cars are more than simply vehicles. They have become smartphones on wheels — mobile sensor networks, capable of gathering information...

A Miele industrial dishwasher intended for hospital use has caused general concern after a security vulnerability was found by researchers.

We-Vibe, the bold "smart sex toy" firm has agreed to pay thousands of dollars to each user active before September 6, 2016, after collecting a...

Maker of cuddly connected devices Spiral Toys have joined a small but growing club of toymakers now infamous for compromising the highly intimate...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is offering $25,000 (and runner-up prizes) for a "technical solution" that would protect consumers from the...

A former Uber employee is suing the company for whistleblower retaliation, exposing a startling set of claims about data privacy practices within...

Security Impact Analysis should be a regulatory requirement for all cars that rise above a certain threshold of connectivity (a topic for...

UC Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity released "Cybersecurity Futures 2020," a set of scenarios meant to spur conversations about the...

While waiting for a taxi in Barcelona, my friend, irritated at waiting for one to appear, told me that Uber was made illegal in Spain. However,...

One of the debates in privacy is the continuing feasibility of Collection Limitation as a data protection principle.

The IoT Privacy Forum is now a member of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation, a European Commission-convened group of industry...

Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst for the ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, is doing a series of posts on the IoT. The first piece,

What will be the level of security and support while under warranty? If a critical vulnerability is discovered, will an update be provided? What...

The Washington State House Technology & Economic Development Committee passed a reasonable drone privacy bill last week. Basically, you can't fly...