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Fitbit Unveils Smartwatch AFib Detection

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In a recent blog post, Fitbit unveiled three new devices in its product line. One of the newly debuted watches, the Sense 2, includes an atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection algorithm that recently received FDA clearance....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Changing the Conversation About Sharing and Using Health Information

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Some app developers know more about our health than our doctors do. Take, for instance, FitBit, which is attached to our wrist and measuring in real time our temperature, our heart rate, our steps and whether we have had...more

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New Study Shows Inaccuracies of Wearable Fitness Trackers for Calories Burned

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Researchers at Stanford University have released a study concluding that wearable fitness trackers provide inaccurate measurements when it comes to providing information to users on how many calories have been burned....more

Knobbe Martens

Hackers Steal 600K Records from Health Care Firms – Could Your Wearable Device Be Next?

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Security firm InfoArmor published a report in late July 2016 stating that a group of attackers infiltrated American health care institutions, stole at least 600,000 patient records and attempted to sell more than 3 terabytes...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Fitbit Agrees to Sign Business Associate Agreements and Take on HIPAA Compliance

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Is your Fitbit data covered by HIPAA? It depends upon where you got it (kind of). If you go to the store and pick up a Fitbit on your own, the data it generates is governed by the user agreement that you click through...more

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