Research Conducted in the Digital World Track
2019 AER Conference
Basic
A15 - Privacy and Security Risks in Research With Wearable Technology
Megan Doerr, MS, LGC
Principal Scientist, Sage Bionetworks
Adarsh K. Gupta, DO, MS, FACOFP
Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Director, Center for Information Mastery; IRB Chair, School of Medicine, Rowan University
Chair, Rowan SOM IRB, Rowan University, School of Osteopathic Medicine
Sara Meeder, CIP
Director, Human Research Protections Office, Maimonides Medical Center
Speaker(s)
Wearable technology has great potential to expand healthcare quality, ease data collection, and improve personal wellness. However, wearable technology also raises significant privacy and security challenges. Mobile-sensor data provides researchers unprecedented opportunities to collect objective data without patients' awareness. For instance, GPS data provides geo-exposure risk, movement patterns, and activity levels, among other data, which may disclose privacy information about the user. This session will cover the risks associated with wearable technology and strategies to lower those risks. During this session, speakers and attendees will:
Learning Objectives:
- Explain what data types are collected via wearable technology
- Assess the research data risk with wearable technology
- Discuss strategies for lowering risk in research with wearable technology