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New Report: Companies Continue to Share Health Data Despite …

WEBWe believe searching for health information should stay a private matter. A stressed patient goes online searching for a coupon for their expensive medication. A …

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Which Companies Are Selling Or Sharing Our Personal …

WEBDon Marti is VP of Ecosystem Innovation at Raptive, and a former editor of Linux Journal. He has worked on Consumer Reports privacy research that helped lead …

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Reproductive Health Apps: A Digital Standard Case Study

WEBWe conducted a comparative analysis of 5 reproductive health tracker apps: BabyCenter, Clue, Flo, My Calendar and Ovia. CR examined the apps and their privacy …

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Margaret Oates, Author at Innovation at Consumer Reports

WEBMaggie Oates is an online privacy researcher. Outside of her work supporting data rights for consumers, she focuses on the impact of surveillance in the arts and on marginalized …

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Innovation at Consumer Reports

WEBWant to help us build a better and fairer marketplace? Please be in touch: [email protected]. CR has been innovating for consumers since 1936. …

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The Data Nutrition Project: Healthy Data for Better Algorithms

WEBAs a product manager, I spend a lot of time poking around technology. Recently, I was experimenting with a particular algorithm and became curious about …

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Health data Archives

WEBWhy Lawmakers Need to Close the Regulatory Gap Around DNA Testing Companies. Even if you haven’t sent a sample of your DNA to a company like 23andMe or Ancestry.com, …

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What CR Found Surveying Americans about Generative AI

WEBIn a nationally-representative survey of 2,070 US adults conducted in 2023, CR found that about one in five Americans had used a chatbot for some health-related …

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CR Digital Lab Investigates Privacy Practices of Mental Health Apps

WEBWe think consumers deserve peace of mind when considering using a mental health app. That’s why we evaluated the privacy practices of 7 mental health …

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Table of Contents

WEBSection 1. Executive summary App-based mental health counseling is a growing industry, with some projecting a $3.9 billion category by 2027.1 One major growth driver is the …

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Peer-to-Peer Payment Apps: A Digital Standard Case Study

WEBSource: Consumer Reports’ Why Apple Pay Is the Highest-Rated Mobile P2P Payment Service Over the past few years, the Digital Lab evaluated and test a …

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Introducing Permission Slip 2.0

WEBPermission Slip users have been asking for more companies in the app and easier ways to discover supported companies; users have also been telling us about …

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The Evolution of Consumer Attitudes Toward Online Tracking, …

WEBin 2000 could not identify the primary online tracking tool (an HTTP cookie),3 consumers still worried about their online privacy. For instance, more than half (54%) of adult …

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Understanding Consumer Privacy Priorities and Product Expectations

WEBUnderstanding consumer priorities and concerns about data privacy management is essential to the success of Permission Slip, the app to take back control …

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Racial Discrimination in Algorithms and Potential Policy Solutions

WEBAlgorithmic discrimination occurs when an automated decision system repeatedly creates unfair or inaccurate outcomes for a particular group. CR’s …

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Identity Verification: Why it Matters for Consumer Privacy (1 of 2)

WEBIdentity verification, also called identity proofing, is a process of providing evidence that you are who you say you are. In many cases, it relies on administrative …

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Why Lawmakers Need to Close the Regulatory Gap Around DNA …

WEBEven if you haven’t sent a sample of your DNA to a company like 23andMe or Ancestry.com, you probably know someone — perhaps even a close relative — who …

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