After the Gold Rush: The Boom of the Internet of Things, and the Busts of Data-Security and Privacy

Authors

Dalmacio V. Posadas Jr., Judicial Law Clerk, Central District of CaliforniaFollow

Keywords

Internet of Things, Digital Privacy, Data Security, Data Breach Notifications, Data Collection, Technology Oversight

Abstract

This Article addresses the impact that the lack of oversight of the Internet of Things has on digital privacy. While the Internet of Things is but one vehicle for technological innovation, it has created a broad glimpse into domestic life, thus triggering several privacy issues that the law is attempting to keep pace with. What the Internet of Things can reveal is beyond the control of the individual, as it collects information about every practical aspect of an individual’s life, and provides essentially unfettered access into the mind of its users. This Article proposes that the federal government and the state governments bend toward consumer protection while creating a cogent and predictable body of law surrounding the Internet of Things. Through privacy-by-design or self-help, it is imperative that the Internet of Things—and any of its unforeseen progeny—develop with an eye toward safeguarding individual privacy while allowing technological development.

Recommended Citation

Dalmacio V. Posadas Jr., After the Gold Rush: The Boom of the Internet of Things, and the Busts of Data-Security and Privacy, 28 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 69 (2017).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj/vol28/iss1/2