Apple’s digital health venture ramps up privacy stakes

Published May 4, 2018 9:58pm ET



Apple’s entry into digital healthcare places a new burden on the iPhone-maker’s data-protection mechanisms at a time when corporate America is reeling from high-profile security breaches.

With congressional attention at a fever pitch, the stakes have never been higher. The recent scandal involving now-defunct Cambridge Analytica’s improper harvesting of Facebook user data culminated in an appearance by the social network’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, before two congressional committees last month.

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