I know there are several people on the Forum who have diabetes. I do not have a Smart Phone, but some of you may use an app. This short warning was in the latest issue of the Diabetes Forecast magazine:
"If you use a smartphone app to manage your diabetes, you might want to check whether it protects your privacy. In analyzing diabetes apps, researchers found that a whopping 81 per cent didn't spell out any privacy policies. And simply having such a policy doesn't mean that the app will keep your data private. Most of the 41 apps with available privacy policies collected users' data--such as insulin doses, blood glucose levels, and even your GPS locations--and half shared the information with third parities, such as advertisers. Only four policies said the company would ask users for permission before sharing the information. Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association, published online March 8, 2016."
So ~ Users Beware!
"If you use a smartphone app to manage your diabetes, you might want to check whether it protects your privacy. In analyzing diabetes apps, researchers found that a whopping 81 per cent didn't spell out any privacy policies. And simply having such a policy doesn't mean that the app will keep your data private. Most of the 41 apps with available privacy policies collected users' data--such as insulin doses, blood glucose levels, and even your GPS locations--and half shared the information with third parities, such as advertisers. Only four policies said the company would ask users for permission before sharing the information. Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association, published online March 8, 2016."
So ~ Users Beware!
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