Addressing Privacy and Security Challenges at the Industry 5.0 Human-Intensive and Highly Automated Factory Floor

With Industry 5.0, prioritizing worker well-being, the integration of human-related data into production processes poses challenges related to data privacy and compliance with regulations such as GDPR. This paper presents a comprehensive approach to anonymizing sensitive data collected from wearable devices. We propose a methodology that combines real-time processing and complex anonymization algorithms, ensuring end-to-end protection. We employ techniques such as normalization, hashing, and feature dropping. Our findings contribute to advancing privacy-preserving techniques in Industry 5.0 and underscore the importance of safeguarding user privacy in the era of advanced manufacturing.