Legal definition of personal data could hamper Internet of Things developments in Europe, warns lawyer
Think data generated by an IoT device can't be classed as personal data? Think again, says Pinsent Masons' Dr Kuan Hon

The European Union's forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), set to come into force across the EU in 2018, could tie up organisations in legal knots given the broad definition of ‘personal...
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