Naidoo, Anola2020-10-142020-10-142019Naidoo, Anola (2019) The legal risks in IoTs processing of personal information:a South Africa perspective, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/29828>https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29828A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Commercial Law (LLM) in the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2019The technological and competitive landscape has undergone a significant change over the past decade, leading to cheaper processes, improved networking capabilities, smart devices, appliances, vehicles, security systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence that have exponentially enhanced the manner in which humans interact globally. While the Internet of Things has facilitated the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the push for universal access to the internet and the intelligent collaborations between various objects anywhere and at any time, requires the Internet of Things more often than not, to demand an extensive amount of an individual’s personal information be processed in order to perform its daily functions. This processing and increased complexity of these devices creates new safety, security, privacy, and usability challenges far beyond the difficult challenges’ individuals face just securing a single device. Furthermore, without the ability of manufacturers, internet service providers and/or government being able to guarantee an acceptable security level to protect the personal information being processed, this report aims to ascertain the legal risks to data privacy and security when these Internet of Things process a person’s personal information, the importance of one’s Constitutional right to privacy together with attempting to highlight possible ways industry and individuals can mitigate these risks1.Online resource (49 leaves)enPrivacy, Right ofData protection--Law and legislation--South AfricaThesis