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Have you considered your privacy rights when using birth...

Have you considered your privacy rights when using birth...

With an update from the FTC on a pregnancy app that shared users’ sensitive information

17 May 2023
Abstract from the article titled, "Before Using Birth Control Apps Consider Your Privacy" posted on Wired.com: "Natural Cycles’ privacy policy states that in using the app each user...
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Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of...

Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of...

An article from the JAMA Open Network

23 July 2019
An article posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association identified that some of the highest-ranking health apps used to assist people with mental health conditions (e.g. depression) and smoking cessation...
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What are the risks associated with mobile device apps?

What are the risks associated with mobile device apps?

An article from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

21 July 2019
This is based on an article from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is the Nation’s risk advisor, working with partners to defend against today’s threats and...
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How to Navigate Health App Permissions

How to Navigate Health App Permissions

An assessment of the article from Wired magazine

9 June 2018
SUBJECTIVE: This article published in Wired magazine discusses the long tail of privacy considerations that we need to think through when installing and giving permissions to apps on our smartphones,...
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Health Apps as a Drug

Health Apps as a Drug

An article from the Economist

1 April 2018
This article from the Economist discusses how "health apps" are starting realize positive benefits when addressing behavioral health issues sucha s diabetes and substance.
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