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Title:

Privacy for Wellness Wearables: Emerging Trends and Power Dynamics in a Grey Area

Agreement Number:

Agreement Value:

$50,000.00

Agreement Date:

May 25, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022

Description:

This research and knowledge translation project focuses on the privacy implications of wellness wearables. There has been a rapid increase in uptake of commercial health and wellness apps and wearable devices. By enabling the active and passive collection of consumers’ sensitive health-related data, these apps and devices pose substantial privacy risks (e.g. the creation of behavioural profiles for prediction, data breaches, etc.). As both commercial and health products, they occupy a regulatory grey area that allows for increased data sharing, cross-border transmission and storage and other risks to intimate data. The project supports the development and understanding of privacy rights for those developing standards, policies, and guidance related to this field.

Organization:

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA M9W 1R3

Reference Number:

CP-000012

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Operating Name:

Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)

Recipient's Legal Name:

Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) / Association canadienne de normalisation (Groupe CSA)

Program:

Contributions Program