Advertisement

How Private Is The Data Collected By Fitness Trackers?

05:54
Download Audio
Resume
Sunkwon Bush sets up his new Apple Watch after its arrival last Friday at the Center City Philadelphia offices of Think Brownstone. (Carolyn Beeler/WHYY)
Sunkwon Bush sets up his new Apple Watch after its arrival last Friday at the Center City Philadelphia offices of Think Brownstone. (Carolyn Beeler/WHYY)

As the use of health and fitness mobile apps and wearable activity trackers grow, so do questions about what happens to the sensitive data these devices collect - all those steps, calories and heart rate readings the devices measure. Carolyn Beeler from Here & Now contributor WHYY's "The Pulse" reports.

Reporter

This segment aired on May 7, 2015.

Advertisement

More from Here & Now

Listen Live
Close