LibraryScenariosWhy fitness tracking becomes health punishment
Scenario

Why fitness tracking becomes health punishment

My step-counter app shared my walking data with my insurance company without telling me and now they want to raise my rates because I do not walk enough.

Laozi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Wellness surveillance transforms personal health data into justification for discriminatory treatment by institutions that profit from our vulnerabilities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Corporate surveillance and data extraction?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.