Authors:
Alexander Gabel
1
;
Funda Ertas
2
;
Michael Pleger
1
;
Ina Schiering
1
and
Sandra Verena Müller
2
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Salzdahlumerstraße 46/48, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
;
2
Faculty of Social Work, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Salzdahlumerstraße 46/48, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Keyword(s):
mHealth, Data Minimization, Privacy by Design, Privacy by Default, Data Aggregation, Metrics, Neuropsychology, Empirical Study.
Abstract:
The potential of smart devices as smartphones, smart watches and wearables in healthcare and rehabilitation, so-called mHealth applications, is considerable. It is especially interesting, that these devices accompany patients during their normal life. Hence they are able to track activities and support users in activities of daily life. But beside the benefits for patients, mHealth applications also constitute a considerable privacy and security risk. The central question investigated here is how data about the usage of mobile applications in empirical studies with mHealth technologies can be collected in a privacy-friendly way based on the ideas of Privacy by Design. The context for the proposed approach are neuropsychological studies where a mobile application for Goal Management Training, a therapy for executive dysfunctions, is investigated. There a privacy-friendly concept for collecting data about the usage of the app based on metrics which are derived from research questions i
s proposed. The main ideas underlying the proposed concept are a decentralized architecture, where only aggregated data is gathered for the study, and a consequent data minimization approach.
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