Data Protection and Privacy Management for Healthcare Wearable Devices

The advent of mobile health has opened up fascinating new avenues for patient engagement in their healthcare. Health data collected by wearable devices may be examined to reveal insights into the user's health. Despite the importance of data privacy and data safety concerns raised by such technology, very little study has been done on the topic. Reduction of the discipline toward data or information flow linkages in medical wearables is one example of a defect in technology that may lead to security issues like data and privacy breaches. The challenge of protecting sensitive information and individual privacy while collecting data using wearable healthcare devices wants more investigation. This paper examines the technological, managerial, and legal elements of data protection and privacy management for healthcare wearable devices.