The internet of things is virtually everywhere, and as the IoT continues to become all-encompassing, those devices stand to gather plenty of images. Think Privacy Co-Founder and CEO Alexander Hanff, CIPP/E, believes this can be a problem, however, when IoT cameras capture people’s faces without their knowledge and for reasons that are not related to the devices’ original purpose. It is what motivated Think Privacy to join forces with Castlebridge to develop a solution to redact people’s faces when they are incidentally captured by IoT devices. IAPP Associate Editor Ryan Chiavetta, CIPP/US, spoke with Hanff about the technology, the grant the two companies won from the Swedish Innovation Agency to create a prototype, and Hanff's thoughts on the role privacy professionals could play in protecting the rights of citizens around the world.
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