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Smart-home appliances, IOT should be offered with privacy protection, Japanese industry group says

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( April 12, 2023, 07:23 GMT | Insight) -- A Japanese electronics industry group recently made public privacy guidelines on connected home appliances and other Internet of Things devices, at a time when an increasing number of such devices could expose residents’ lifestyles without their knowledge, posing privacy risks different from social media and other online activities. The Japan Electronics Information Technologies Association hopes the new guidelines will help ease consumer privacy concerns and assist companies to develop new services using IOT data. A Japanese electronics industry group recently made public privacy guidelines on connected home appliances and other Internet of Things, or IOT, devices, at a time when an increasing number of such devices could expose residents’ lifestyles without their knowledge, posing privacy risks different from social media and other online activities....

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