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Title: Privacy protections for wearable devices are weak, study says Post by: HCK on December 18, 2016, 04:05:15 pm Privacy protections for wearable devices are weak, study says
<article> <section class="page"> <p>The rapidly expanding wearable device market raises serious privacy concerns, as some device makers collect a massive amount of personal data and share it with other companies, according to a new study.</p><p>Existing health privacy laws don’t generally apply to wearable makers, the study says. While consumers are embracing (http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS41530816) fitness trackers, smart watches, and smart clothing, a “weak and fragmented” health privacy regulatory system in the U.S. fails to give consumers the privacy protections they may expect, said the study (https://www.democraticmedia.org/CDD-Wearable-Devices-Big-Data-Report), released Thursday by the Center for Digital Democracy and the School of Communication at American University.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3150801/security/privacy-protections-for-wearable-devices-are-weak-study-says.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Privacy protections for wearable devices are weak, study says (http://www.macworld.com/article/3150801/security/privacy-protections-for-wearable-devices-are-weak-study-says.html#tk.rss_all) |