TY - BOOK ED - World Economic Forum ED - McGill University TI - The Internet of Bodies Is Here: : Tackling new challenges of technology governance : briefing paper PY - 2020/// CY - Geneva PB - World Economic Forum KW - Sanidad digital KW - Tecnologías habilitadoras digitales KW - IoB KW - governance KW - big data KW - risk KW - technologies KW - data regulatory KW - social benefits N2 - Recent technological advancements have ushered in a new era of the “internet of bodies” (IoB), with an unprecedented number of connected devices and sensors being affixed to or even implanted and ingested into the human body. The IoB generates tremendous amounts of biometric and human behavioral data. This is, in turn, fuelling the transformation of health research and industry, as well as other aspects of social life, such as the adoption of IoB in work settings, or the provision of new options for entertainmen, driven innovations and social benefits. Yet the IoB also raises new challenges for data governance that concern not only individual privacy and autonomy but also new risks of discrimination and bias in employment, education, finance, access to health insurance and other important areas for the distribution of social resources UR - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_IoB_briefing_paper_2020.pdf ER -