The rapid digitalization of urban environments has transformed cities into complex ecosystems of data collection, analysis, and automated decision-making. The International Working Group on Data Protection in Technology (IWGDPT) addresses this transformation in their working paper "Smart Cities," which provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the data protection challenges inherent in smart city development. This essay examines the paper's key contributions to the discourse on urban digitalization, analyzing its tripartite framework of data collection, analysis, and decision-making, while evaluating the practical implications of its recommendations for cities, industry, and regulators.

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