An insurance discount for your fitness data is a bad deal in the long run
- Written by Victoria J Palmer, Senior Research Fellow & Honorary Fellow (Applied Ethics) Melbourne Networked Society Institute, University of Melbourne
In the brave new world of information capital, data collected from wearables and other technologies could be a slippery slope to a new social hierarchy.Shutterstock
John Hancock Insurance, the US division of Canadian insurance company Manulife, came under scrutiny last month for offering lower premiums to individuals who agreed to share their...
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