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UK’s ICO urges smart device industry to ensure data privacy and protection

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The new guidance comes after a 12-week consultation last year. Photo: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

Hameed Shuja

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Key questions around informed consent, transparent privacy information, and people’s rights over their data have been addressed in the new guidance.

Finalized guidance for manufacturers and developers in the smart device industry on how to use people’s personal information responsibly has been published by the UK’s Information Commissioner.

It explains how data protection law and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) apply when the industry collects

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