The Growing Data Privacy Concerns Raised by the IoT: Smart Approaches to Manage Risks

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices across the globe is expanding rapidly. With its potential benefits, business after business is investing in this technology.
However, the growth of IoT also breeds complex information privacy challenges as the amount of data generated and transmitted expands and evolves. To address data abuse and security vulnerabilities, the U.S. government (among others) is poised to impose new restrictions and policies.Â
As the public increasingly adopts connected devices, cybercriminals gain more opportunities to launch new attacks. Thus, companies must remain vigilant about addressing cyber vulnerabilities and essential privacy considerations involved in the adoption of IoT technology – both as to business contexts and as to consumer usage.
Join distinguished data security and privacy lawyers Paul Lanois (Fieldfisher) and Kenneth Dort (Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) as they offer a discussion on the latest developments and the biggest data privacy issues raised by IoT. They will also provide practical approaches to safeguard data while leveraging the use of IoT.

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Director and Highly Experienced in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Matters at Fieldfisher
Paul Lanois is a security and privacy lawyer and a Director at Fieldfisher. Paul provides advice to companies on both domestic and international privacy and cybersecurity compliance matters, including the GDPR, CCPA and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Paul also advises clients on a wide range of other privacy and cybersecurity issues, including data breaches and incident response, risk assessments, and policy development. Before joining Fieldfisher, he was Vice President and senior legal counsel at a leading international bank, Credit Suisse, at its headquarters in Switzerland as well as its Hong Kong office. Paul is a winner of the 2022 California Legal Awards in the category of ‘Lawyers on the Fast Track (under 40)’ by The Recorder (2022). He is also named in the Global Data Review (GDR) ’40 under 40′ (2021) and is listed in the ‘2020 Most Influential People in Security’ by Security Magazine (2020).

Partner and Leading Lawyer in Data Security at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Ken Dort is a preeminent resource on mission-critical data security issues and is consulted often for immediate counsel on high-stakes data breaches, as well as for guidance and strategy on the privacy and other legal implications of new technologies. Ken is a recognized adviser to clients around the world on data security and privacy practices and compliance needs arising under federal, state, provincial and international laws and industry standards. He also is a powerful litigator in the courtroom, a deft negotiator with regulators and a valued counselor on software development and integration.