By: Steven Boyne
I recently wrote an article titled The Top Five Legal Concerns When Developing a Healthcare App, and I received some follow up questions, including technical queries about encryption and data sharing. To answer these questions, it is important to understand the current Healthcare App state of affairs. Various reporters, governmental agencies and privacy watchdogs have installed and monitored the flow of data from Healthcare Apps installed on smart phones. These journals, articles and enforcement actions taken together provide a roadmap for Do’s and Don’ts for the sharing of data.
Almost all Healthcare Apps are free and have some disclosures about how they share your data, and both iOS and Android require the user to give permission to the newly installed App, but who really pays attention to that? Almost no one. However, this doesn’t mean that an App developer shouldn’t embrace best practices to avoid liability and bad press.Continue reading
