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Wearable Data Ethics

Meaning

Wearable Data Ethics, within the clinical domain of hormonal health, is the established set of moral principles and professional standards governing the responsible collection, secure storage, transparent analysis, and appropriate application of personalized physiological data gathered from wearable technology. This ethical framework ensures that data streams—such as heart rate variability, sleep stage duration, and body temperature—are used solely for the patient’s benefit and are not exploited for commercial gain or utilized in a manner that compromises privacy or leads to biased clinical interpretation. Upholding these ethics is essential for maintaining patient trust in personalized health protocols.