Samsung Health to Use Sensitive Data for AI Training, Delete Records if Users Refuse
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Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 13
Samsung Health to Use Sensitive Data for AI Training, Delete Records if Users Refuse
3 articles · Updated · Notebookcheck.net · Jul 13
Summary
Samsung Health users have begun receiving notices that the app will use their health records to train AI models and let employees review the results manually.
The policy covers highly sensitive data including sleep and cycle tracking, heart rate, diagnoses, test results, treatments and medication, and the notice reportedly does not say the data will be anonymized.
Users who decline consent face deletion of all Samsung Health data, potentially wiping years of workout, illness and sleep history stored through the app.
Samsung has not said whether it will offer a privacy-preserving way to keep using Samsung Health, which serves as a central hub for Galaxy Watch and other synced health data.