Health apps pose ‘unprecedented’ privacy risks

 

[text_block id=”bf796f904e9eef23f7c232bb08f0ad71″ content=”‹¨›p class‹´›‹²›story-body__introduction‹²›‹˜›Using popular health apps could mean private information about medical conditions is not kept confidential, researchers warn.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›Of 24 health apps in the BMJ study, 19 shared user data with companies, including Facebook, Google and Amazon.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›It warns this could then be passed on to other organisations such as credit agencies or used to target advertising.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›And data was shared despite developers often claiming they did not collect personally identifiable information.‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¨›a href‹´›‹²›https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47652611‹²› target‹´›‹²›_blank‹²› rel‹´›‹²›noopener‹²›‹˜›read the full story on the BBC‹¨›/a‹˜›‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›‹¯›nbsp;‹¨›/p‹˜›‹¨›p‹˜›#health, #apps, #BMJ, #data, #Facebook, #Google, #Amazon, #GDPR‹¨›/p‹˜›” paragraph_whitespace=”true” text_size=”” line_height=”” text_color=”” margin=”0px 0px 15px 0px” class=”” _fw_coder=”aggressive” __fw_editor_shortcodes_id=”b68666c91b369bd2eb7c1307cc10eb83″][/text_block]