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Re-thinking Digital Health: Data, Appisation and the (im)possibility of 'Opting out'
2019
Digital Health
Presented as providing cost-, time- and labour- effective tools for the (self)management of health, health apps are often celebrated as beneficial to all. However, their negative effects - commodification of user data and infringement on privacy - are rarely addressed. This article focuses on one particularly troubling aspect: the difficulty of opting out of data sharing and aggregation during app use or after unsubscribing/uninstalling the app. Working in the context of the new European
doi:10.1177/2055207619880671
pmid:31636917
pmcid:PMC6785921
fatcat:ordncm7atbd7pbolwjcncgsqzi