Creepy big data health models

Abstraction: Undisclosed big data health surveillance models raise privacy concerns

Key points:

• Aetna has used voice-analysis software since 2012 to detect depression in disability benefit callers without informing them
• Insurance company rationale for non-disclosure: fear patients would alter their tone if aware of the analysis
• Data collected via health apps by third-party companies is generally not covered by HIPAA
• Third-party health app companies own collected data and can potentially sell it to employers
• Author calls for stronger regulation of big data use in healthcare

Connections: Aetna · Data Privacy · Big Data · Algorithmic Accountability

Source: http://mathbabe.org/2015/01/06/creepy-big-data-health-models/