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Sleep and privacy ruling

Manach · 2016-03-08 21:53:05

Interesting slashdot article " The Dutch Privacy Authority made it known today that companies are not allowed to gather their employees' health data from wearable devices [original, in Dutch] such as the Fitbit. Of the two companies that were mentioned in this case, one of them had access to employee sleep patterns. In…

08-03-2016 9:53pm

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Interesting slashdot article
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The Dutch Privacy Authority made it known today that companies are not allowed to gather their employees' health data from wearable devices [original, in Dutch] such as the Fitbit. Of the two companies that were mentioned in this case, one of them had access to employee sleep patterns. In both cases the employees had given their employers permission to use this data. However, according to the Privacy Authority it is impossible to truly give 'free consent' when there is a 'financial dependency.'
" - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/03/08/1517209/dutch-companies-not-allowed-to-fitness-track-their-employees

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