Federica Laricchia
Research expert covering the global consumer technology industry
Get in touch with us nowAcceptability of sharing fitness tracker user data with medical researchers U.S. 2019
According to recent survey data, 41 percent of adults in the United States said that sharing fitness tracker users’ data with medical researchers seeking to better understand the link between exercise and heart disease was acceptable. However, 35 percent of adults in the United States believed that this was unacceptable.
Interestingly, fitness trackers users were far more supportive of sharing data from their devices than those who didn't use them, with 53 percent saying that this was acceptable.
Interestingly, fitness trackers users were far more supportive of sharing data from their devices than those who didn't use them, with 53 percent saying that this was acceptable.
