Data From Wearable Devices Could Soon Land You in Jail
While that fitness band or smartwatch you own may help you get in shape or never miss an appointment, the data it collects is now also fodder for criminal or civil litigation.
In what's thought to be a first-of-its-kind civil lawsuit, a personal injury lawyer in Canada used data from a Fitbit wristband in an insurance fraud case to support his client's claims.
Previously, insurance civil suits relied on physician examinations and not historical data collected from a wearable. Flickr
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