Privacy is a public health issue
How can we raise our awareness of the harmful consequences for the future of our society?
How can we raise our awareness of the harmful consequences for the future of our society?
First, insurance companies gave us black boxes to put in our cars so they could track our driving, in exchange for discounts when we refrain from speeding. Now, they’re coming for our bodies.
Andrew Thomas’s life insurer knows exactly when he arrives at his local gym. The company is notified when he swipes his membership card, and 30 minutes later, it checks that he is still there, tracking his location through his smartphone.
Learn more about how advances in data segmentation technology are giving you a more detailed choice as to how your electronic health information is shared.
In tech-driven medicine, alerts are so common that doctors and pharmacists learn to ignore them — at the patient’s risk.
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