Smart glasses makers can’t shift privacy duties to users, says EU regulator. But who is responsible in India?

Companies that make smart glasses or provide the apps and AI services linked to them “should not rely on the users’ actions to meet their own GDPR obligations,” the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said in a statement adopted on October 13. The EDPB, which brings together the EU’s data protection regulators, said manufacturers must design glasses so bystanders can tell when they are recording, with signals that are “impossible or difficult to disable.” The statement is non-binding but guide