Healthcare privacy: How secure is our data? - The Georgetown Voice
Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical—with its 790,000 total users—has sparked worry among Georgetown community members about medical data security.
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Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical—with its 790,000 total users—has sparked worry among Georgetown community members about medical data security.
When using health apps, people often reveal a lot about themselves and their bodies. The discussion about the potential misuse of data in so-called period trackers shows just how risky this can be.
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Your health data isn't safe post-Roe -- not without substantial new laws establishing a more robust right to privacy.
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