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Daily Dashboard | GPEN unimpressed with state of connected devices Related reading: Notes from the IAPP Canada Managing Director, 29 March 2024

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The Global Privacy Enforcement Network, a group of data protection authorities from around the globe, has released the results of its latest annual privacy sweep, this time examining connected devices. The findings? “The privacy communications of internet-connected devices are generally poor and fail to inform users about exactly what personal information is being collected and how it will be used,” reads a press release. Twenty-five privacy enforcers took part in the sweep, which took place in April. A total of 314 connected devices were examined, including smart meters, health monitoring devices, smart TVs and connected toys. DPAs studied the privacy communications included with the products, both “in the box” and online, and often interacted with the devices to see how reality matched the communications. While this was not a proper “investigation,” and no enforcement actions are connected to the findings, the DPAs’ message is clear: “It is imperative,” they write, “that companies do a better job of explaining their personal information handling practices.”
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