Looking for a NYT article on work "fitness or health tracking"
September 5, 2020 4:30 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for a NYT article from the past ten years about companies partnering with health insurance and technology companies to track their employees health data and fitness data. A big component of the article was how the data was not truly anonymous.
There was a case where it was possible for the employer to figure out which of their employees was pregnant because they didn't have enough women working for them for it to be anonymous. It's possible it was not an NYT article.
There was a case where it was possible for the employer to figure out which of their employees was pregnant because they didn't have enough women working for them for it to be anonymous. It's possible it was not an NYT article.
Is it the NYT article linked in this?
https://www.metafilter.com/175804/The-results-were-disappointing-There-seemed-to-be-no-causal-effects
posted by meowzilla at 11:29 PM on September 5, 2020
https://www.metafilter.com/175804/The-results-were-disappointing-There-seemed-to-be-no-causal-effects
posted by meowzilla at 11:29 PM on September 5, 2020
Response by poster: Thank you for your help. I think I have found it. It was the Washington Post. Here's one of them:
https://www.glamour.com/story/your-pregnancy-app-may-be-selling-your-datato-your-boss (Glamour on the WaPo's reporting)
and here's the other:
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/18/11045458/big-data-pregnancy-birth-control (Vox reporting on the WaPo's reporting)
This is a related one: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/26/17905390/john-hancock-life-insurance-fitness-tracker-wearables-science-health
posted by CMcG at 5:29 AM on September 6, 2020
https://www.glamour.com/story/your-pregnancy-app-may-be-selling-your-datato-your-boss (Glamour on the WaPo's reporting)
and here's the other:
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/18/11045458/big-data-pregnancy-birth-control (Vox reporting on the WaPo's reporting)
This is a related one: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/26/17905390/john-hancock-life-insurance-fitness-tracker-wearables-science-health
posted by CMcG at 5:29 AM on September 6, 2020
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TECHNOLOGY
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By Steve Lohr
The software used to monitor employees at the Dallas restaurant where Jim Sullivan, center, works helped demonstrate his productivity, which helped lead to his promotion there.
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BUSINESS
Rules Sought for Workplace Wellness Questionnaires
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posted by DanSachs at 5:30 PM on September 5, 2020