The presentation covers the main legal issues affecting technologies in the Internet of Things enviroment such as wearable technologies, ehealth devices, smarth home and smart city tools with reference to data protection, telecom, cybercrime, life sciences and regulatory matters.

1. Webinar
Legal issues of the
Internet of Things,
wearable technologies and
eHealth
Global Outsourcing Association of Lawyers (GOAL)
Giulio Coraggio
DLA Piper Italy
giulio.coraggio@dlapiper.com
September 18, 2014

2. Internet of Things – definition
"A proposed development of the Internet in which everyday
objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and
receive data" (Oxford English Dictionary)
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3. But what is all about?
Wearable Technologies
eHealth and Telemedicine
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4. But not just that…
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5. The IoT market in figures…
$ 7.1 trillion in volume of sales
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6. What legal issues?
1. Data protection and privacy
2. Telecom
3. Life science obligations
4. Liability of providers
5. Intellectual property
6. Cybercrime
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7. Privacy - Processing of users' data
 Which data protection law applies?
 What consent and authorizations are required? and in the case
of health or biometric data?
 What data can be accessed?
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8. Privacy - Actors, uses and when they apply
 Relationship between the parties involved
 buyer/sponsor
 platform/cloud provider
 entity collecting the data
 Purposes of processing of data
 Transfer of personal data outside the EEA
 What are anonymous data?
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9. Privacy - Security and sanctions
 What security measures shall be adopted?
 strict measures depending on processed data
 data breach
 Sanctions
 fines
 5% of the global group turnover
 criminal penalties
 claims
 Investigations of Italian data protection authority on health and
wellness applications
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10. Telecom - What obligations?
 Required telecom license?
 Usage of allocated Spectrum for Internet of Things
communications
 Interconnection, interoperability and portability of the service
 Numbering and addresses
 Permanent roaming
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11. Life science obligations
 Is the software/hardware a medical device?
 What obligations are triggered and how to treat upgrades?
 Telemedicine
 Licensing and reimbursement
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12. Liability of providers
 Product liability
 How to identify the entity liabie for the misuse?
 How are the supplier and the buyer protected?
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13. Intellectual property - What is patentable?
 Battle for patents on wearable tech
 Recent cross license agreements for existing and new patents
between Samsung and Google/Ericsson
 Acquisition by Google of patents
 Patentabillty of wearable "gestures"…
 Recent Google US patent on "heart gesture"
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14. Cybercrime - What risk and liabilities?
 Security measures required under privacy regulations
 Internal policies on usage of computer devices
 Data breach
 Potential corporate criminal liability
 Internal code of conduct
 Insurance coverage
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15. Thank you!
Giulio Coraggio
DLA Piper Italy
T +39 02 80 618 619
M +39 334 68 81 147
E giulio.coraggio@dlapiper.com
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