EU Cyber Resilience Act Should Include Medtech, Says Data Protection Watchdog
Executive Summary
The European Commission’s decision to exclude medical devices from the scope of its proposed Cyber Resilience Act was praised by industry, but this could all change, as the EU’s data protection supervisor argues that medtech should be included in the legislation.
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