Jusletter IT

Analyzing the Privacy and Security Implications of Household Cleaning Devices through the Architecture of IoT

  • Authors: Sabine Prossnegg / Veronika Beimrohr / Gerhard Seuchter / Klaus Gebeshuber
  • Category: Articles
  • Region: Austria
  • Field of law: Internet-of-Things, Data Protection, Data Security
  • Collection: Conference proceedings IRIS 2019
  • Citation: Sabine Prossnegg / Veronika Beimrohr / Gerhard Seuchter / Klaus Gebeshuber, Analyzing the Privacy and Security Implications of Household Cleaning Devices through the Architecture of IoT, in: Jusletter IT 21. February 2019
The Internet of Things (IoT) connects countless objects to the Internet. In a typical IoT system data is usually collected by end devices, transmitted through communication networks, processed by servers and finally provided to various applications. Thus personal data flows through a multi-layered, complex architecture. In order to protect the privacy of the persons using the IoT system protection is needed at every layer. Under the GDPR framework both privacy and security need to be ensured not only when processing personal data but already at an earlier stage, which means when products and services are designed. From that point of view privacy by architecture is first and foremost an engineering issue.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Technical Aspect of the IoT household vacuum cleaner
  • 3. A vacuum cleaner for every budget
  • 4. Data protection law aspects
  • 5. Practical solutions for practical problems
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 7. References