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<p>The Online Harms White Paper consultation proposes that the duty of care applies
to companies that provide services or tools that allow, enable or facilitate users
to share or discover user-generated content, or interact with each other online. It,
therefore, would not typically apply to consumer smart devices. Harms suffered by
individuals that result directly from a breach of data protection, breach of cyber-security
or hacking are also excluded from scope.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has
taken a number of actions to increase the security of consumer smart devices. In October
2018, DCMS published the Code of Practice for Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) Security
to support manufacturers in building strong security into smart products by design.
We recognise that further action is needed, and we will soon be publishing a consultation
on our regulatory proposals regarding consumer IoT security.</p>
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