.............."Marvelous"...........
Posted on 01/11/2016 1:06:11 PM PST by BenLurkin
In an Internet of Things future, everything from your toothbrush to your car could be collecting data on you -- about your personal habits as well as the way your business works. But with 50 billion objects set to come online by 2020, who will really own that goldmine of information?
Data gathered by IoT sensors and systems can pass through any number of hands -- those of the end-user that creates it, or of the company whose hardware collects it, even the software business the processes it, and the app maker that shares it, and all of them may want to claim rights over it...
According to law firm Taylor Wessing, end users don't really have ownership rights to the data gathered by off-the-shelf systems they've installed. If you've rolled out a smart home set-up, you can't legitimately claim that all the details about when you switched on your lights or opened your garage belong to you and you alone.
However, in Europe, companies that have spent time and money creating a fixed database that they can query could legitimately claim to have ownership of that data. If more than one company has had a hand in building that database, though, all may be able to claim ownership and then use it in their business contracts.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
The Grays.
[[If you’ve rolled out a smart home set-up,]]
We were forced into a ‘smart meter’ for the water- our cable company keeps trying to entice us into a ‘smart home’ setup- Not gonna happen
You forgot about the part where it’s a hot day in August and the smart thermostat reset itself to 85 degrees and the dishwasher is refusing to run until 10PM...
If only more than one smart bulb would turn on in the house.
[[ BUT NOT MY DISHWASHER!!]]
Don’t be on it, they’re all the same- they entice you with sleek sexy looks, a charming personality, and a willingness to do your dishes for you at the end of dinner- but then shortly after the marriage they let themselves go, begin refusing to do anything, begin grumbling, and next thing you know they turn you in for ‘neglect’ when they see you courting the kitchen sink because it’s more efficient and faster to wash manually-
Don’t be surprised if this happens to you out of the blue
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