The EU data protection law was implemented this month and the Internet of things lighting was hit

It is reported that the EU general data protection act, which will come into force this month, will slow the emergence of Internet connected lighting and push up costs.

The EU General Data Protection Act (or GDPR) is designed to prevent privacy leaks and control personal data to EU citizens, given the recent user data disclosure scandal that shared information between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

The law will come into force on Friday, May 25, 2018, and organizations that violate the law will face high fines of up to 4% or 20 million euros (higher for the higher).

This has become an administrative burden for companies dealing with European consumer data, but it has a particular impact on the emerging Internet of things industry, including the development of the so-called "networked lighting" technology companies.

"There are 99 provisions in the GDPR law that will affect us," said Simon Coombes, the leading technology chief of Gooee, a leading IOT lighting expert. Now we have to examine every function carefully to ensure that it does not violate the privacy law. "

He is currently writing more than 40 policy and process documents that need to be put into practice. "This is the cause of my Signing company." He laughed sarcastically.

He thinks the GDPR may slow the emerging IOT lighting industry at a critical time in its development. "It's a safe nightmare, but it's a problem everyone has."

Lamps connected to the internet usually have built-in sensors, such as occupying detectors, beacon lights, and low resolution cameras. The generated data can be transmitted to the access point by wireless or through the cable and transmitted from there to the data cloud.

Companies like Gooee need to keep all the generated data and ensure that all the interactions between the devices conform to the GDPR.

"Whenever data moves from one database to another, all data must be encrypted from now on," Coombes said. Similarly, the visibility of information needs to be justified at every stage.

"The regulatory environment is now 'why does this person have access to data'?"

"This is the spirit of architecture that we are implementing. We must take privacy as the top priority of our design. "

However, Coombes worries that many of the industry's participants are not fully prepared for this month's deadline.

"There may be companies that do not have these policies. It's unbelievable that few companies in the United States have heard of GDPR, but there will be a big event in the future to get people to notice this. I'm sure there will be a violation. "

Gooee's compliance program is implemented by the company's software engineer team at the Florida technology center. Coombes wants Gooee to become the world's first Internet of things company that has been certified by TUV organizations and is in line with GDPR and security certification. (Editor: LED network James)

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