# Mental Health Apps Are Not Keeping Your Data Safe

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/mental-health-apps-are-not-keeping-your-data-safe/
- Published: 2022-11-19T09:30:58-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Many apps that provide mental health services are based on artificial intelligence algorithms that haven’t been properly vetted for ethical and moral concerns, affecting already vulnerable people. Photo credit: Catherine McQueen / Getty Images. Article by Piers Gooding, Timothy Kariotis. Scientific American – November 15, 2022. With little regulation and sometimes outright deception, the possibility of discrimination and other “data harms” is high Imagine calling a suicide prevention hotline in a crisis. Do you ask for their data collection policy? Do you assume that your data are protected and kept secure? Recent events may make you consider your answers more carefully. […] Click here to view original web page at www.scientificamerican.com