Consumers are reluctant to hand over personal data about their location, social media use and finances for health-related use, according to a new study published in JAMA.
The research, which compared consumers' willingness to share personal data to their willingness to share information from their electronic health record, found that patients were more open to sharing steps from an activity-...
As consumer health apps continue to increase in popularity, so do experts’ fears over user privacy.
A new study published in the BMJ that analyzed more than 20,000 medical, health and fitness apps suggests that these apps have "serious problems" related to privacy and data collection.
"Our results show that the collection of personal user information is a pervasive practice in mHealth apps, and...
