A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor of an edge device of a first network: providing a data filter rule in the edge device, the first network being under the authority of a first entity, receiving data from a thing in the first network, communicating the data toward an information processor via a second network when the data satisfies a condition of the data filter rule permitting communication of the data outside of the first network, the second network being under the authority of a second entity, and communicating the data toward a storage processor on the first network when the data does not satisfy the condition of the data filter rule permitting communication of the data outside of the first network. The first and second entities are different entities.