Don’t trust this app!!! – iCare Health Monitor-can measure blood pressure Review

The information regarding privacy as well as how the app developers use the data that is collected is inadequate and lacking. And use of the geographic location data of the users, is suspect in all situations. As is the lack of information that protects users privacy in terms of what you are doing to protect personally identifiable information. I’m concerned that the data collected is something you will eventually sell to another company. I’m concerned about this because this data could be harmful to the individual users if sold to the wrong people because they will no doubt be looking to create a database of the user information as well as health data and they can then resell it and it becomes part of a system that can be used to discriminate against people who have health issues, if put in the wrong hands. Just because there are laws to protect people from discrimination doesn’t mean that everyone follows the law and sadly there are people who have no problem using data like this in a discriminatory manner. I appreciate the work you have done to create this app but you need to find a way to assure people of the security measures you have that protects the data. I don’t think I have seen anything on here about why you created this app or what you are trying to accomplish with this app. I saw that you stated you are open to cooperation - which given the lack of details on who you are looking to cooperate with, it begs the questions of who, what, why and how. What do you have in mind as far as cooperation? Cooperation with who? Hospitals, doctors, patients, clinics, people who buy and sell data, insurance companies?Or do you have a genuine desire to help people learn to keep track of their health and create a method by which people can begin to make tracking their health a part of modern day lifestyle? Are you seeking cooperation with pharmaceutical companies that can use the data including the geographic location data for analysis to determine where to target their efforts to help sell their drugs? Why should people trust you with their health data? The lack of clarity on that makes it seem like you are looking for cooperation in order to make a profit. The more I think about it, the less I trust that you have anyone’s best interest in mind other than your own. If this is actually technology that works, you have something going for you, but only if you find a way to become a trustworthy, reliable, and safe partner in your users lives. Until you can prove that you have the security measures in place to protect the privacy of the user data and you have a clear user agreement that states that you will not sell any personally identifiable information or health data collected by the app, I cannot trust that you have the users best interest in mind. Like so many other apps out there, the user agreement and privacy policy disclosures are often lengthy and full of legal protections for the company who makes the app more than the protections for the users and their data. The wording is often vague enough to be interpreted in more than one way just to make it easier for the app to be able to sell the data or share the data with whomever they can make the biggest profit. People don’t realize how much they are giving away when they get involved with apps that are not from a reputable organization. And the extreme lack of information and details about the users privacy and how their information is used and protected is severely limited to the point that it is likely not a good idea to trust this app.
Review by Kskigeo on iCare Health Monitor-can measure blood pressure.