FTC Chair Calls Apple HealthKit Move Key for Privacy

Apple’s decision to bar HealthKit app developers from sharing user data with brokers or advertisers was a welcome move, Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Edith Ramirez said at a conference about connected devices. “Steps like this are, I believe, critical to fostering consumer trust,” Ramirez said during a speech at a Washington, D.C., conference on the Internet of Things.

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