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MADRID, Sept. 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The European Data Protection Authorities have approved the first set Opinion on Internet of things, a document that identifies and alerts the risks emerging products and services can pose to personal privacy.

The document, whose development has been led by the Spanish Agency for Data Protection with the French Authority (CNIL), also warmly “welcome” the prospects for economic and social benefits that this technology can be assumed.

This opinion provides a comprehensive set of practical recommendations targeted to each of the groups involved in the development of the Internet of Things, aimed at both developers and users. Specifically, the document is intended for device manufacturers, application developers and managers of social networks

The opinion also raises three scenarios. Known as wearable technology (‘wearable computing’) devices capable of recording information related to the physical activity of people and home automation.

wearable technology includes watches or spectacles to which sensors, cameras or microphones that record and transfer data are added to device manufacturer, and may allow the installation of third party applications.

As for the objects that record information about the habits and lifestyle of its users, the paper focuses on those who collect data related to the physical activity of the person, especially concerning health

In this section, warning that in principle, although the devices belonging to this category do not collect data specifically protected. – a pedometer, for example-may end up providing third inferred information about the individual’s health.

Finally, the paper analyzes the Internet of things applied to home automation, offices and homes with detectors thermostats and connected sensors whose usage patterns can reveal details of the lifestyle and personal habits and family.

The opinion emphasizes that, despite the different objects that make up the Internet of things collected isolated pieces of information, the data collected from different sources and analyzed differently or in conjunction with others may reveal specific aspects of habits, behaviors and preferences, setting authentic standards of life of people.

So warns that, in fact, if this were to occur surveillance potential, could “condition the way people behave in real life.” In this regard, the authorities warn that the user may lose control over the dissemination of their data based on whether the collection and processing of them is transparent or not.