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68 Clev. St. L. Rev. Et Cetera 1 (2019)

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VOLUME 68                        JUNE 24, 2019                 PAGES 1-13
FROM FITBITS TO PACEMAKERS: PROTECTING
CONSUMER PRIVACY AND SECURITY IN THE
HEALTHTECH AGE
JUSTIN EVANS1 & KATELYN RINGROSE2
ABSTRACT
As wearable and analytics technology continues to be aggressively adopted, there is a
congruent rise in data collection from wearable healthtech devices. This unprecedented
rise in data collection poses massive privacy and security issues. This note addresses the
benefits of IoT healthcare wearables and implants, as well as identifies where the privacy
and security of data accrued by such devices could be improved. In an effort to better
encapsulate the issue surrounding wearable device data collection, the authors analyze the
many benefits of wearable healthcare devices, as well as look into the false sense of trust
consumers have in the privacy and security of their healthcare information. The authors
discuss how consumer protections under current healthcare laws are lacking. In
conclusion, they look to the future of wearable devices and how the data they generate
and retain should be stored and protected in light of its sensitive nature.
1 Justin Evans is a recent graduate from Michigan State University College of Law, who
writes at the intersections of law, technology and health. Justin has his Master's in Cancer
Biology from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelors in Chemistry from Fayetteville State
University. Justin is an incoming intellectual property litigation associate at Goldberg Segalla.
2 Katelyn Ringrose is a recent graduate from Notre Dame Law School, who writes on
surveillance, privacy, and tech policy. Katelyn is the 2019-2021 Christopher Wolf Fellow at the
Future of Privacy Forum in Washington, D.C.

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