Consumer Reports

Mental Health Apps Aren't All As Private As You May Think

HIPAA, the federal health data law, doesn’t apply to all the information collected by the apps. CR's testers observed apps sharing unique IDs, specific to a ...
Consumer Reports

Your Exercise Bike Knows a Lot About You—and It Doesn't Keep Every Secret

When you use a connected treadmill or exercise bike, you probably expect the service to record data like how long you ran or biked and your pace. If you’re a BowFlex user, however, you might be ...
Forbes

Protecting Consumer Health Data Privacy Beyond HIPAA

If you look at the apps on your phone, chances are you have at least one related to your health—and probably several. Whether it is a mental health app, a fitness tracker, a connected health device or ...

How to Protect Your Health App Data: 7 Essential Privacy Tips

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced a new health initiative to incentivize Americans to use wearable health tracking devices.
Health Affairs

Public Health Informatics Depends On Engagement With Privacy Legislation

Public health officials, medical professionals, and data scientists must get a foot in the door and engage with the federal and state efforts to pass privacy legislation facilitating the use of ...
STAT

Proposed rules to protect health data in an era of abortion bans fall short

A new rulemaking by the Biden administration seeks to lessen the harmful effects of abortion bans by protecting certain health data from being used to prosecute both clinicians and patients. But in ...
Los Angeles Times

Mental health apps may put your privacy at risk. Here’s what to look for

Every second, thousands of people tell their phone or computer something about themselves that they might not want anyone else to know. They’re also doing so on health and wellness apps, including ...
Engadget

HIPAA protects health data privacy, but not in the ways most people think

The "P" in HIPAA doesn't stand for privacy. It's one of the first things a lot of experts will say when asked to clear up any misconceptions about the health data law. Instead, it stands for ...
Los Angeles Times

Are you tracking your health with a device? Here’s what could happen with the data

The use of wearable technology and medical apps surged in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, but research released by Mozilla indicates that current laws offer little protection for consumers ...
JD Supra

Closing the Privacy Gap: HIPRA Targets Health Apps and Wearables

Move over HIPAA…the health privacy landscape may be in for a shakeup. On November 4, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced the Health Information ...
Mashable

Your wearable-tracked health data is for sale, according to a new study

If you sport a Fitbit or Apple Watch on the regular, you probably love the health insights you get from your wearable. You know how much you move, how well you sleep and have likely started tracking ...