Tag: health app

A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

March 19, 2024

Given the unhealthy data-collection habits of some mHealth apps, you’re well advised to exercise caution when choosing with whom you share some of your most sensitive data. In today’s digital economy there’s an app for just about everything. One area that’s booming more than most is healthcare. From period and fertility trackers to mental health … More A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

Most health apps engage in unhealthy data‑harvesting habits

June 21, 2021

Most medical and fitness apps in Google Play have tracking capabilities enabled and their data collection practices aren’t transparent. As many as 88 percent of almost 21,000 mobile health (mHealth) applications that are accessible on the Google Play Store from Australia include code that can access and even share users’ personal data with third parties, … More Most health apps engage in unhealthy data‑harvesting habits