Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy

Smartwatches track bodily activity records signals such as heart rate, steps, and breathing.

Digital medical devices medical devices and sensors record health events examples include pacemakers measuring heartbeats and digital pills recording medication intake.

Period-tracking apps collect reproductive information collect mood, body temperature, symptoms, ovulation, sexual partners, and location data.

Federal Trade Commission FTC fined Premom in 2023 for selling data, premom sold data to third parties including Google and companies in China.

FTC penalized BetterHelp for selling user data, fTC brought a complaint and imposed $7.8 million in fines related to data practices.