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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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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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Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Facebook's efforts to collect personal health information from hospitals

11 April 2018
SUBJECTIVE: In an article reported by CNBC's Christina Farr it is reported that, "Facebook has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized data about their patients, such as...
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