London IoT Declaration


The Greater London Authority (GLA), the London Office for Technology and Innovation (LOTI), and a collection of London Boroughs are working together to create a common approach to using and generating data from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors.

What is the London IoT Declaration?

The London IoT Declaration is a commitment by London Boroughs and the organisations they collaborate with to work together to protect Londoners’ privacy and security. It is also a commitment to design IoT services in such a way that data can be shared across London for the better delivery of services to residents and to support innovation.

The declaration aims to challenge the technology market to offer the flexible tools and services needed and provide consistency of requirements to suppliers to reduce their costs of bidding into London.

It also aims to deliver better value for money by ensuring that experience and knowledge are shared between boroughs to reduce rework.

The declaration is a response to the unique characteristics and challenges of IoT data. IoT data is generated by a wide variety of devices, each with its own set of sensors and data formats, rather than human sources. It is often generated in real-time or near real-time and has a high volume and velocity.

There is a greater possibility that IoT data from different organisations will be difficult to combine and gain insight from. This prevents a wider opportunity to explore the generation of new insights previously unobtainable.

View the IoT Declaration

To view the signatories, find out more and sign the Declaration, visit the Pan London IoT project page.

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