| 英文摘要 |
Over the past 30 years technology has developed at an astonishing rate. In many ways, the development of technology has outpaced the law. As the proliferation of new technologies allows for increased amounts of personal data to be collected and stored, increased attention is required for the privacy and security of such data. The most significant privacy risks arise from the digitization of medical and personal health information, since such data can reveal an individual’s most personal and private in-formation. Privacy and security protections already exist for institutions and industries that traditionally handle medical and personal health infor-mation, but gaps in those protections can emerge with the introduction of new technologies. At the core of data monitoring advancements are wear-able devices, which are often wore directly on the bodies of individuals and used to capture, aggregate, and analyze a wide range of personal health data. Such devices not only provide individuals greater insight into their daily actions, but also present an opportunity to share generated infor-mation with interested third-parties, including health care providers and insurance companies. Wearable technologies are networked devices that can collect data, track activities, and customize experiences to users’needs and desires. Wearable technologies are among the fastest-growing segment of IoT and promise to have widespread societal influences in the coming years. As with other new and highly disruptive digital technologies, however, IoT and wearable technology will challenge existing social, economic, and legal norms. In particular, these technologies raise a variety of privacy and safety concerns. This study especially put stress on compar-ing U.S. and Taiwan legal norms around wearable technology. |
