The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has asked Facebook for clarification about whether the companies new smart glasses, which were developed in partnership with Ray-Ban, are compliant with the GDPR. The Garante has requested that the Irish Data Protection Commission asks Facebook for clarification on Facebook's legal basis of processing data collected from the glasses, especially data belonging to minors. The regulator also hopes to better understand Facebook's anonymization tactics used with its data processing.
UPDATE: 170921 - Reuters confirms Ireland's Data Protection Commission has now asked Facebook to demonstrate the LED indicator on its new smart glasses is "an effective means" to let people know they are being filmed or photographed.
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