Laura Kalbag

That mental health app might share your data without telling you

Written by Rachel Becker on The Verge.

“33 of the 36 apps shared information that could give advertisers or data analytics companies insights into people’s digital behavior. And a few shared very sensitive information, like health diary entries, self reports about substance use, and usernames.”

“Potentially advertisers could use this to compromise someone’s privacy and sway their treatment decisions…”

Read ‘That mental health app might share your data without telling you’ on the The Verge site.

Tagged with: privacy, tracking, medical.