Many companies offer wellness programs,but few employees are aware of just how much private data they are giving away when they use them
It sounds outlandish that your employer-sponsored wellness program could learn whether you finish birth control. Or know how susceptible you are to diabetes based on your credit card history, which reveals what you spend on everything from gym membership to where you eat. But a recent report in the Wall Street Journal says that they can conclude just that.
Most people mediate that the information collected in employer wellness programs is covered under health privacy laws, or so they don’t worry about the personal information that gets collected. But they should worry,because most wellness program data doesn’t fall under federal health privacy laws, and programs acquire greatly expanded the scope of their data collections. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com