After the Gold Rush: The Boom of the Internet of Things, and the Busts of Data-Security and Privacy
Dalmacio V. Posadas, Jr.*
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28 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 69
Article by Dalmacio V. Posadas, Jr.*

ABSTRACT

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his Article addresses the impact that the lack of oversight of the Internet of Things has on digital privacy. While the Internet of Things is but one vehicle for technological innovation, it has created a broad glimpse into domestic life, thus triggering several privacy issues that the law is attempting to keep pace with. What the Internet of Things can reveal is beyond the control of the individual, as it collects information about every practical aspect of an individual’s life, and provides essentially unfettered access into the mind of its users. This Article proposes that the federal government and the state governments bend toward consumer protection while creating a cogent and predictable body of law surrounding the Internet of Things. Through privacy-by-design or self-help, it is imperative that the Internet of Things—and any of its unforeseen progeny—develop with an eye toward safeguarding individual privacy while allowing technological development.

*Dalmacio V. Posadas, Jr. graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2017, and is a judicial law clerk in the Central District of California. The Author would like to give special thanks to Professors John Nockleby and Karl Manheim. The Author would also like to thank his wife Michelle Horejs, as well as Sonny and Dexter for their support.