Fitness Tracker Information and Privacy Management: Empirical Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fitness trackers allow users to collect, manage, track, and monitor fitness-related activities, such as distance walked, calorie intake, sleep quality, and heart rate. Fitness trackers have become increasingly popular in the past decade. One in five Americans use a device or an app to track their fitness-related activities. These devices generate massive and important data that could help physicians make better assessments of their patients' health if shared with health providers. This ultimately could lead to better health outcomes and perhaps even lower costs for patients. However, sharing personal fitness information with health care providers has drawbacks, mainly related to the risk of privacy loss and information misuse.

Objective

This study investigates the

SUBMITTER: Abdelhamid M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature