Privacy Commissioner Targets IoT Health Devices In Sweep

What rumours is your fitness tracker spreading about you? In its latest Internet of Things themed sweep, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reviews what personal information is being collected about Canadians by “smart” health and fitness devices.

Many of us will remember Time Magazine's audaciously titled September 2013 issue, which splashed the following headline across its cover page: "Can Google Solve Death?"

At the time, there were more than a few skeptics who might have dismissed Google's investment in Calico, a biotech subsidiary, as another moonshot investment by the tech giant or as part of a long-term expansion strategy.

Fast-forward less than three years. Regulators continue to play catch-up with the burgeoning industry at the intersection of data analytics and user-generated personal health data. The ballooning number of connected devices that make up the so-called internet of things ("IoT") has accelerated in scale at a heart-clutching