MobiHealth News June 8, 2020
An International Digital Accountability Council report is the latest suggesting that a number of COVID-19 apps are missing key security measures.
Scores of startups, health systems and even governments have scrambled to address COVID-19 by creating new digital tools for patients. However, these tools may have some gaps when it comes to securing users’ privacy data, according to a report by newly formed group the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC).
The organization, which is made up of lawyers, technologists and privacy professionals, zeroed in on 108 apps from across the globe. The investigation dug into four areas of digital health: contact tracing tools, telehealth, symptom checkers and quarantine administration.
Researchers looked at 23 contact-tracing apps and found that...
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