Jusletter IT

Wearables in the context of the right to privacy and data protection – research results and conclusions

  • Autoren/Autorinnen: Natalia Kalinowska / Katarzyna Morawska
  • Kategorie: Beiträge
  • Region: Polen
  • Rechtsgebiete: Internet of Things, Datenschutz, E-Health
  • Sammlung: Tagungsband IRIS 2019
  • Zitiervorschlag: Natalia Kalinowska / Katarzyna Morawska, Wearables in the context of the right to privacy and data protection – research results and conclusions, in: Jusletter IT 21. Februar 2019
Smart Watches, Smart Bracelets and Smart Glasses belong to the group of equipment so-called wearables, which are becoming more and more popular each year. These devices are especially popular with athletes, businessmen and people interested in new technologies, and thanks to the constant monitoring of vital functions – more and more often by chronically ill people. It is believed that wearables will revolutionize the treatment system and give new possibilities for the analysis of medical data. Despite of the benefits of using medical data collected by wearables, there are a lot of negative aspects relating to processing that data. Taking into consideration that the use of wearables is a novelty and taking on the insufficient amount of research on the relationship between the implementation of the provisions of the GDPR, and protecting the privacy of users of wearables, it was decided to carry out surveys. The aim of the research was to determine the state of awareness of users using wearable devices both in terms of benefits and threats, related to the processing of health data by these devices.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Benefits and threats connected with processing health data by wearables
  • 3. Wearables in the context of legal regulation
  • 4. Conclusions for the research
  • 5. Summary

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