Which future strategy and policies for privacy in 5G and beyond?

In May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force in all Member States of European Union (EU) and its principles received a worldwide interest and acceptance. It represents a fundamental normative step forward for the protection of personal data in the future Internet systems. However, 5G networks, Artificial Intelligence technologies and the Internet of Things raise security and privacy issues that could not be addressed only by GDPR, even assuming its complete compliance by the service providers. In addition and in synergy with GDPR rules, we need innovative scientific and technical solutions to guarantee the complete control to the users to the access and the use of their personal data. Some preliminary results are encouraging for achieving this objective, but advanced international researches must be promoted on this challenging yet fundamental issue in the next future to guarantee the users the protection and the complete control of the use of their personal data and to guarantee all people their unalienable fundamental rights.