The White House arranged a workshop on labels for IoT home devices

The White House hosted a workshop focusing on IoT home device labels to enhance security and privacy standards. Topics included aligning labels with global standards, ensuring online access to product information, and increasing consumer awareness of IoT vulnerabilities.

The White House gathered industry representatives, policy experts, and government officials to discuss security and privacy standards on connected devices. The meeting’s purpose was to examine the label system for IoT home devices, which was announced earlier this month. The meeting included topics such as how to ensure labels match international standards, how to ensure consumers can find timely information about a product online and how to raise consumer awareness of IoT vulnerabilities.