MedCity News June 21, 2021
About 88% of health apps are built with the ability to collect and share user data, according to a study published last week in the BMJ. Most of these codes for data collection are for third-party services, such as ads or analytics.
Privacy concerns are nothing new to the world of mobile apps. Past research has highlighted a multitude of privacy concerns, including Covid-19 apps sharing data with advertising and analytics firms, or period-tracking apps sharing sensitive health data without users’ consent, though it’s been difficult to quantify the full scope of the problem.
An analysis of more than 20,000 health apps looks to paint a clearer picture. The vast majority of health apps, about 88% of them, were...
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