Apple Inc. Asked About Health Data Protection By FTC
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According to the sources, the smartphone maker’s executives have held numerous meetings with FTC officials over the past few months to ensure that it will protect the data at all costs and not sell to third parties such as marketers. Also it will not allow third party developers to sell the data either.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said that it is making efforts to explain to regulators, including the FTC, about the data protection in its services. Apple spokeswoman Turdy Muller told Reuters that the company is encouraged and satisfied by the support of these agencies.
Apple Inc.’s new HealthKit API allows users to decide how the information gathered by mobile health apps will be used and which information they want to share. Muller said that HealthKit was built after considering all privacy issues.
The agency is interested in knowing everything about the smartwatch, which can gather the user’s pulse and potentially store health-related information.
The iPhone maker is confident that its health apps will become significant in taking forward mobile healthcare, a profitable area in which competitors such as Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Samsung are also weighing opportunities.
source: http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/11/apple-health-data-protection-ftc/
Apple works with agencies
According to the sources, the smartphone maker’s executives have held numerous meetings with FTC officials over the past few months to ensure that it will protect the data at all costs and not sell to third parties such as marketers. Also it will not allow third party developers to sell the data either.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said that it is making efforts to explain to regulators, including the FTC, about the data protection in its services. Apple spokeswoman Turdy Muller told Reuters that the company is encouraged and satisfied by the support of these agencies.
Apple Inc.’s new HealthKit API allows users to decide how the information gathered by mobile health apps will be used and which information they want to share. Muller said that HealthKit was built after considering all privacy issues.
The agency is interested in knowing everything about the smartwatch, which can gather the user’s pulse and potentially store health-related information.
The iPhone maker is confident that its health apps will become significant in taking forward mobile healthcare, a profitable area in which competitors such as Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Samsung are also weighing opportunities.
source: http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/11/apple-health-data-protection-ftc/