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Deploying medical sensor networks in the cloud - Accountability obligations from a european perspective

Abstract

The right to data protection is a highly developed area of law in Europe. At the same time cloud technology has become a routine part of the European citizens' digital life. One relevant development is medical sensor networks, which are seeing increased use for monitoring health and well-being for e.g. of elderly people living at home. The large amount of data generated by such sensors indicates that it would be suitable to employ a cloud-based solution for processing and storage, but since the sensor data represent sensitive personal data, there are many challenges that must be addressed. This paper identifies and explores a number of accountability obligations that arise.

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Digital / Software Engineering, Safety and Security
  • United Kingdom

Year

2014

Publisher

IEEE conference proceedings

Book

2014 IEEE Seventh International Conference on Cloud Computing CLOUD 2014, Anchorage, Alaska, 27 June–2 July 2014

ISBN

978-1-4799-5063-8

Page(s)

898 - 905

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