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Sensitive data and consent in a fitness app
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A free running app records each user's name, email address, running routes (GPS locations), heart rate during runs and any injuries they log. The company wants to use all of this to train a model that predicts injuries, and to share the trained model with sports insurers.
(a) Identify two different kinds of sensitive personal data the app collects, and state why each is sensitive. [2]
(b) Explain what the company must do to gain informed consent for this use of the data. [2]
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