A Study on Responsibilities to Data Subject for Administrators in Bankruptcy in IoT Stage from the Viewpoint of Personal Data Protection

Abstract

IoT is one of embedded systems and bases on distributed system including cloud computing. Devices used in IoT have characteristics including long-term application, unification between hardware and software, and purification for devices. IoT system may make us difficult to maintain securities on networks. During bankruptcy, the trustees of the concerned company face a dilemma regarding the protection of personal data managed by the bankrupt businesses between creditors and data subjects under liquidation since during liquidation, it is not clear whether such data belong to the creditors or the data subjects. Particularly in the case of this system, trustees find it difficult to obtain an overall view of the personal data managed by the bankrupt firm.

This paper suggests a burden of responsibilities for administrators under bankruptcies in IoT stage.