April 13, 2018April 13, 2018Actual Cases Grindr reportedly shared user’s HIV status and location data with third party companies A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that Grindr, the popular gay dating […]
April 21, 2017July 3, 2017Actual Cases Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance? Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people […]
April 4, 2017July 3, 2017Actual Cases Wearable Tech and Fitness Apps Is Plugging Into Health Insurance Greater health monitoring would naturally put wearables in a very gray area on privacy. It would go beyond giving doctors deeper access to your […]
March 8, 2017July 3, 2017Actual Cases A Deep Dive Into the Privacy and Security Risks for Health, Wellness and Medical Apps The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on February 9, issued “Mobile Medical Applications: Guidance for Food and Drug Administration Staff,” in which […]
February 24, 2017October 31, 2017Actual Cases Researcher’s heart problems uncover security gap Marie Moe, who is a SINTEF researcher in cybersecurity, discovered that her heart is being regulated by a pacemaker which can be […]