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UK manufacturers will get time to comply with IoT privacy rules

By Patricia Figueiredo ( August 6, 2025, 16:18 GMT | Insight) -- Smart-home and connected-device manufacturers in the UK will not face immediate enforcement under new data protection guidance once the rules are finalized, a policy adviser for the Information Commissioner’s Office said today. The ICO stressed that the new guidance on the Internet of Things will interpret existing frameworks and will not constitute a statutory code. Slavka Bielikova added that while compliance will be monitored, she doesn't expect “everyone to comply on the day the consultation closes.”Companies developing smart home products won’t be subject to the UK regulator’s new Internet of Things privacy guidance immediately after the final rules are published, a spokesperson for the privacy watchdog told an audience today....

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