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How three new ballot efforts in the U.S. make consumer privacy and IoT better

November 4, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

While many around the world are watching and waiting for the U.S. Presential election results, let's focus on three important ballot initiatives that passed. Two strengthen consumer privacy protections while another expands consumer access to data on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AI, data, data rights, data security, facial recognition, laws, ML, privacy, right to repair

How the IoT can help prevent the spread of COVID-19

May 22, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

What if the IoT provided us with advanced warning of a pandemic event and nobody was listening? That’s exactly what happened with COVID-19 in the United States, according to Inder Singh, CEO of Kinsa Health, a company that makes connected … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured, News Tagged With: COVID-19, data rights, Elektra Labs, health data, HiPAA, Kinsa, privacy, Scripps

COVID-19 is killing our simple love of the IoT and that’s great

May 11, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

Companies in recent weeks have been surveying the economic devastation and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and pulling their projects. On Thursday, Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs was the latest to throw in the towel, announcing it was pulling out of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Alphabet, google, privacy, Sidewalk labs, smart city

Here’s how Apple and Google are working together for a phone-based COVID-19 track and trace solution

April 10, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On a recent IoT Podcast episode, we debated the idea of a phone-based method to track and trace COVID-19, which would certainly have some potential privacy implications. For example, South Korea has kept its number of COVID-19 cases lower than most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured, News Tagged With: Apple, bluetooth, COVID-19, google, personal data, privacy

How smart devices can create a national “health map” for tackling epidemics

March 25, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

As we continue another week of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s interesting to see how countries are using smart devices and services to enforce lockdowns. The solutions range from tracking locations of individuals at the state level to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, blood pressue, digital health, fda, Garmin, health data, heart rate, Kinsa, privacy, pulse oximeter, temperature

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