Lawyer warns of electronics worn – Money.pl

2014-11-06 17:28

Author: Christopher Pasławski

According to the agency Newseria, devices of this type of gathering personal data, and these can be transferred to the partner companies manufacturer or fall prey burglars.

– Access to our data they can get the world’s biggest companies – says Marek Porzeżyński. – They are particularly valuable for various advertising companies. Base data have a very high market value and are eagerly bought by marketers.

The manufacturer may accumulate not only personal data. They also give access to the records of user activity (with built-in elements of sound recording, image medical parameters, eg. Heart rate, heart rate, etc.).

As pointed out by a lawyer, sale of personal data to

advertising companies is not the greatest threat which entails the use of electronics worn. May be more dangerous activities hackers breaking into the database on the server manufacturer could steal the stored user information there. According to Mark Porzeżyńskiego devices wearables very difficult to protect against hack.

Newseria reports in Poland nor in the world was not yet of legal issues related to the protection of personal data in the context of worn devices, however, should be taken into account that wearables are just beginning to spread. According to the agency Inspector General for Personal Data Protection ,, called for common sense when using such equipment. “