The Legal Discussion On The Protection Of Privacy Rights In "The Internet Of Things" Era

IOT is short for "The Internet of things", which means the internet with all things connected. The IOT Technology is the basis for realization of wise city and wise life. But, in the future, whether the IOT can fully realize its advantage, as people expect, help human live an easy wise life in the wise city, it mainly depends on one question:can the privacy rights well protected by law in this period? This article aims to open a window for seeking solution to the question through a series of discussion.This article will begin with a brief introduction to privacy rights:the concept and current status of privacy rights.. In fact, there is no unified agreement on the definition of privacy rights until now, but The right of privacy as a civil rights, its position has been gradually established. With societies evolve, its intention and extension also kept expanding. And, the current legal protection for privacy rights around world is introduced.Following comes the introduction to IOT. The author explained the concept of internet with several examples., introduced the origin and composition of IOT and further introduced the positive and negative influence caused by the development of IOT Thereafter, there is a conclusion that,. IOT has huge potential in future and it has gradually penetrated into peoples'daily life, and provides a more convenience way for city management. But at the same time, the protection of privacy rights has been challenged.Then, this article makes some suggestions regarding the IOT and legal protection of privacy rights. The problem should first be probed from a legal and technical perspective in order to see the fundamental Principle of the IOT privacy protection. Then there are four suggestions:Technical aspect:Strengthen the cipher mechanism and unlock code label technology.Legal aspect:Draw lessons from the advanced experience of legislation, for example:California's Bill 1834; To be provided the privacy rights as An independent right of personality; Develop IOT related laws.End user aspect:enhance the self-protection sense on privacy rightsGovernment aspect:strengthen supervisionIn the end, the author thinks, in current "internet of things" era, privacy protection need collaborative efforts from citizen consciousness,technology security,government regulation and the support from the legislative courts. With the comprehensive cooperation, any bad results arising from privacy issues can be avoided. Therefore, we have reason to believe that the harmonious development of society in "internet of things" era can be achieved.