Security and Privacy Analysis of Wearable Health Device
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Regional disparities and opaque third-party data practices create regulatory grey areas that some companies exploit, often prioritising operational flexibility over user privacy.
“However, regional disparities and opaque third-party data practices create regulatory grey areas that some companies exploit, often prioritising operational flexibility over user privacy 41,42 .”
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The Data Security of Jawbone Tracker section says the device transmitted precise location data without users’ knowledge and that researchers could not determine why. The Related Works section discusses third-party access and EU and HIPAA privacy concerns. Neither section establishes regional regulatory disparities, companies exploiting grey areas, or a preference for operational flexibility over privacy. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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Doherty, C., Baldwin, M., Lambe, R., Altini, M., & Caulfield, B. (2025) · npj Digital Medicine · doi:10.1038/s41746-025-01757-1 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
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- Zhang, C., Shahriar, H., & Riad, A. B. M. K.
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- 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
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- 2020-07
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- 1767-1772
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