The app allegedly shared sensitive user information with China-based companies known for privacy problems.
that many popular digital health apps — including Drugs.com and WebMD — share user identifiers along with health concerns such as depression and HIV. And the U.S. health privacy law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , doesn’t protect consumers from this sort of data sharing. A February study from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policyon people’s antidepressant use, insomnia, attention deficits, Alzheimer’s disease and incontinence.
“There is a constellation of companies engaged in what I call digital pharmaceutical marketing, using machine learning, artificial intelligence and access to data brokers to identify the conditions that you, your family members, even your children have,” said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the digital rights advocacy group Center for Digital Democracy.
People should be concerned about health apps sharing potentially sensitive data because that information could fuel predatory health marketing or discrimination, Chester said. The overturn of, which protected the right to abortion nationwide, brought a fresh wave of concerns about health privacy.
How far federal and state governments will go to rein in risky data-sharing remains to be seen. For now, avoid sharing sensitive health information with apps and browsers whenever possible. Choose apps that store your data on your device, rather than the cloud, and opt for a privacy browser such as Safari or DuckDuckGo.is a destination built for readers looking to better understand and take control of the technology used in everyday life.
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