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Personal and Sensitive Data in the e-Health-IoT Universe

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Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures (IoT360 2015)

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Internet of Things (IoT), smart objects, are today part of our life and used in almost every industry and human activity: from e-health to e-learning not forgetting home automation and wearable technology. IoT promises to change our lives to make them easier, more efficient and “smart”, however, we are now facing major challenges: security, data protection and privacy.

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Partially supported by the ESF - Italian Ministry of Education, University & Research PON03PE_00146_1/10 BIBIOFAR (CUP B88F12000730005).

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Guadagni, F. et al. (2016). Personal and Sensitive Data in the e-Health-IoT Universe. In: Mandler, B., et al. Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. IoT360 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 170. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47075-7_54

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