As the use of health and fitness mobile apps and wearable activity trackers grow, so do questions about what happens to the sensitive data these devices collect – all those steps, calories and heart rate readings the devices measure. Carolyn Beeler from Here & Now contributor WHYY’s “The Pulse” reports.
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- Carolyn Beeler, reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia. She tweets @carolynbeeler.
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