Apple Clamps Down On Health App Privacy Rules

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Tech titan Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) made some recent changes to its app-developer guidelines in order to protect patient data collected through its highly anticipated HealthKit platform, slated to hit the market later this year.New language in the developer rules state that app-providers may not “sell an end-user’s health information collected through the HealthKit API to advertising platforms, data brokers or information resellers,” according to a report from the Financial Times.

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