Mobile health apps have ‘serious problems with privacy’ – study

The study examined more than 15,000 medical and health and fitness-related apps on the Google Play Store (Yui Mok/PA)

Thousands of mobile health apps have “serious problems with privacy”, a study suggests.

Researchers from Macquarie University in Australia examined more than 15,000 medical and health and fitness-related apps on the Google Play Store and compared their privacy practices with a random sample of over 8,000 non-health apps.