NPR reports on the proliferation of health and fitness apps planning to operate on the Apple Watch. Lark, for example, will allow users to speak into the Apple Watch’s built-in microphone about their food, sleep and exercise, and the app will send back tips like “lay off the carbs today.” And there are more than a dozen similar apps. Apple has implemented ways for users to control how their data is shared, but it “remains to be seen whether health developers will follow Apple’s privacy guidelines,” the report states. The Federal Trade Commission concluded in a recent study that developers of 12 health and fitness apps were sharing user information with 76 different parties, for example. Apple has barred developers from selling health data to advertisers.
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