Internet of Things: European Commission publishes first findings of sector enquiry into Internet of Things for consumers

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The European Commission has published the preliminary results of its sector inquiry on the Internet of Things for consumers. More than 200 companies responded to the questionnaires sent out and almost 1000 contracts were communicated to the Commission. The results of the survey are now open for public consultation (consultation open until 1 September 2021); the final report is expected to be published in the first half of 2022. The preliminary report begins by describing the sector under investigation. By targeting the "Internet of Things", the report concerns : (i) voice assistants found in homes via connected speakers, on smartphones and, soon, in cars