Key Takeaways Oura Ring gathers 50+ health metrics that can build detailed digital health profiles—valuable to insurers, health-tech firms, and potentially governments.
Users are expressing concerns about a collaboration between Oura and Palantir, as the former is utilizing the latter’s FedStart platform to fulfill its DoD deal.
Oura states that it won’t sell or share data without consent, is GDPR/HIPAA compliant, uses enterprise-only setups for DoD, and claims that Palantir can’t access user data; Trump-era health record efforts are opt-in.
The privacy policy allows sharing with consent, for legal obligations or “legitimate interests” (e.g., mergers and acquisitions), and promises to resist surveillance-motivated requests, notify users when lawful, and allow users to delete their data.
Oura Health recently faced criticism from users due to its partnership with the US Department of Defense (DoD), which involves collaboration with the data mining company Palantir.
Specifically, Oura will utilize the Platform’s FedStart, a platform-as-a-service. It allows companies to offer their services to the US government without needing to handle complex security compliance themselves.
Users also expressed concern when the Trump administration announced its collaboration with tech giants, such as Oura, to develop a universal healthcare record system.
Should you be concerned about your sleep and health data following Oura’s partnership with the U.S. government and its collaboration with Palantir? Read on to find out more.
For our readers unfamiliar with Oura Health, it’s a Finnish company that sells a ring to monitor sleep, fitness, and other health metrics.
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