Analysis of Diabetes Apps to Assess Privacy-Related Permissions: Systematic Search of Apps.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health has become a major vehicle of support for people living with diabetes. Accordingly, the availability of mobile apps for diabetes has been steadily increasing. Most of the previous reviews of diabetes apps have focused on the apps' features and their alignment with clinical guidelines. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the actual compliance of diabetes apps with privacy and data security guidelines.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the levels of privacy of mobile apps for diabetes to contribute to the raising of awareness of privacy issues for app users, developers, and governmental data protection regulators.

Methods

We developed a semiautomatic app search module capable of retrieving Android apps' privacy-related informati

SUBMITTER: Flors-Sidro JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature