Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
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"Preserving Patient Confidentiality as Data Grow Implications of the Ability to Reidentify Physical Activity Data"

JAMA Network open

Individual information has the potential to be individually identifying information. In their article, Na et al1 demonstrate the potential for activity data collected by commercially available smartwatches, smartphones, and fitness trackers to contribute to probabilistic reidentification of research participants.