Our Data, Our Health

Mobile devices are collecting and disseminating a wealth of data about our health-from smartphone-based glucose monitors to Wi-Fi-enabled pacemakers. These innovations allow patients, doctors, and the business world to identify, manage, and research ailments in an unprecedented way. At the same time, the accumulation of this information by corporations and health care providers raises questions about whom our data belongs to, and who is responsible for keeping it safe. Haphazard privacy regulations and inadequate security measures are already putting this highly sensitive data at risk of being leaked or hacked. As health care goes digital, how much access should we have to the information we're generating, and what can we do to keep it from unfriendly eyes? Part 1 of 3 - 'Whose Data is it Anyway?' featuring Sara M. Watson Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Deborah Estrin, Professor, Computer Science, Cornell Tech & Co-Founder, Open mHealth; Joel Selanikio, CEO & Co-Founder, Magpi & Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University; Sherwin Siy, Vice President of Legal Affairs, Public Knowledge.