Respondents specifically asked whether they think it was acceptable for makers of fitness trackers to share users’ data with medical researchers seeking to better understand the link between exercise and heart disease, The source does not provide any information regarding missing percentage points to 100 percent.
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Acceptability of sharing fitness tracker user data with medical researchers U.S. 2019
According to recent survey data, ** percent of adults in the United States said that sharing fitness tracker users’ data with medical researchers seeking to better understand the link between exercise and heart disease was acceptable. However, ** percent of adults in the United States believed that this was unacceptable.
Interestingly, fitness trackers users were far more supportive of sharing data from their devices than those who didn't use them, with ** percent saying that this was acceptable.
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Pew Research Center. (January 9, 2020). Share of adults who accept sharing fitness tracker users' data with medical researchers in the United States in 2019, by demographics [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/1096023/acceptability-of-sharing-us-fitness-tracker-user-data/
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