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Developing GDPR Compliant Apps for the Edge

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Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (DPM 2018, CBT 2018)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNSC,volume 11025))

Abstract

We present an overview of the Databox application development environment or SDK as a means of enabling trusted IoT app development at the network edge. The Databox platform is a dedicated domestic platform that stores IoT, mobile and cloud data and executes local data processing by third party apps to provide end-user control over data flow. Key challenges for building apps in edge environments concern (i) the complexity of IoT devices and user requirements, and (ii) supporting privacy preserving features that meet new data protection regulations. We examine how the Databox SDK can ease the burden of regulatory compliance and be used to sensitize developers to privacy related issues in the very course of building apps.

This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant Numbers EP/M001636/1, EP/N028260/1, EP/M02315X/1).

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    Tom Lodge & Andy Crabtree

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Lodge, T., Crabtree, A., Brown, A. (2018). Developing GDPR Compliant Apps for the Edge. In: Garcia-Alfaro, J., Herrera-Joancomartí, J., Livraga, G., Rios, R. (eds) Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology. DPM CBT 2018 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11025. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00305-0_22

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