Oura Ring
Tracking health biometrics has its merits. And wearing a watch 24/7 can be cumbersome. Oura makes a ring that tracks your health stats and aims to help you sleep better and feel better. And it seems the rich and famous--from Prince Harry to the NBA, WNBA, and more--have taken a shine to this little ring. It tracks sleep, steps, calories, as well as heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, inactive times, and even naps. And they've rolled out even more health stats--that measure your stress level, allow you to quickly journal your mood and mental state with help from AI, and one that assesses your resilience. Wow! Even better, this Finnish company is pretty dang good at protecting your privacy with all that personal and health data they collect. Yay!
Je, jambo gani linaweza kutokea mambo yakienda mrama?
Oura's privacy policy says, “Our products, like the Oura Ring, enable you to track your lifestyle choices and the quality of your sleep. We understand that data does not get much more personal than this, and the protection of your personal data is of paramount importance to us.” Yay, they get it!
From what we can tell, the Finland-based, GDPR (that's the EU's privacy law that's way better than anything privacy protection the US has) compliant company that makes the Ōura ring does a pretty good job with the privacy of all the personal data this little ring collects. Ōura says they don’t sell or rent your personal information or share the Ōura app data with third party advertisers. This is great. They do share some information about how you browse their website with advertisers through tracking cookies. That’s pretty standard.
This device does track your biometric data closely. So closely, in fact, that there have been academic studies done that show data from the Ōura ring can help predict the start of covid-related symptoms and maybe even pregnancy. It’s a good thing Ōura seems to protect that data carefully. It’d be very weird for a company to know you’re pregnant before you do. Given the recent outlawing of reproductive health rights in parts of the United States, it's also very nice to see Oura put out a statement on their commintment to reproductive health and privacy, including this nice bit, "Oura will oppose any request to provide legal authorities with access to user data for surveillance or prosecution purposes, and will notify users if we receive any such request.” Good work Oura!
What’s the worst that could happen with the Oura ring? Well, if you use Circles, Oura’s private social groups that let you share high-level stats with other users, you might feel self-conscious when your marathon-running bestie doesn’t give your weekly activity score the “flame” emoji reaction you think it deserves. But remember, comparison is the thief of joy! Oh, yeah, there's also the fact that this little ring can collect a whole lot of personal information...so just remember, once that data leaves your house, it's no longer 100% in your control. And while Oura seems to do a good job with things like privacy and security, there's still some risk.
Vidokezi vya kujilinda
- Check out Oura Ring's Safety recommendations
- Consider turning on a “Ring airplane mode” feature which allows to proactively disable all radio transmission from the ring, which causes the ring to lose connection to the app, at the moments you do not want your data be collected.
- Be very careful what third party companies you consent to share you health data with. If you do decided to share your health data with another company, read their privacy policy to see how they protect, secure, and share or sell your data.
- Use your device privacy controls to limit access to your personal information via app (do not give access to your camera, microphone, images and videos)
- Keep your app regularly updated
- Limit ad tracking via your device (eg on iPhone go to Privacy -> Advertising -> Limit ad tracking) and biggest ad networks (for Google, go to Google account and turn off ad personalization)
- Do not sign up with third-party accounts. Better just log in with email and strong password.
- Chose a strong password! You may use a password control tool like 1Password, KeePass etc
- Use your device privacy controls to limit access to your personal information via app (do not give access to your camera, microphone, images, location unless necessary)
- Keep your app regularly updated
- Request your data be deleted once you stop using the app. Simply deleting an app from your device usually does not erase your personal data.
- When starting a sign-up, do not agree to tracking of your data if possible.
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Kamera
Kifaa: Hapana
Programu: Ndiyo
Kipaza sauti
Kifaa: Hapana
Programu: Hapana
Inafuatilia eneo
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Programu: Ndiyo
Unaweza kutumia nini kujisajili?
Barua pepe
Ndiyo
Simu
Hapana
Akaunti ya mhusika mwingine
Hapana
Kampuni inakusanya data gani?
Ya kibinafsi
Email, gender, date of birth; User-provided activity and contextual information such as the activities, notes, comments, and tags you provide within the app; Approximate or precise location of your device
Shirika linalohusiana
Height, weight, heart rate, movement data, temperature data, sleep phases (deep, light, REM, awake), activity levels throughout the day, readiness level, and body mass index (calculated based on height and weight); Inferences about your health status.
Kijamii
"Oura Teams is a service that allows you to share your Oura ring data with your doctor, coach, trainer or other researchers (“Partners”) that invite you to share your data. You may choose to export or share your Oura data. With Oura Circles, members can share high-level data (Readiness, Sleep, and Activity Scores) with friends and family who are also Oura members."
Je, kampuni inatumiaje data hii?
Unawezaje kudhibiti data yako?
Je, rekodi ya kampuni inayojulikana ya kulinda data ya watumiaji ni gani?
No known privacy or security incidents discovered in the last 3 years.
Taarifa ya Faragha ya Mtoto
Je, bidhaa hii inaweza kutumika nje ya mtandao?
Your Oura Ring must be within Bluetooth range in order to sync its recorded data with the Oura App. The ring will collect data even when in Airplane Mode or not connected to the app.
Maelezo ya faragha yanayofaa watumiaji?
Viungo vya taarifa za faragha
Je, bidhaa hii inakidhi Viwango vyetu vya Chini Zaidi vya Usalama?
Usimbaji fiche
Oura encrypts data in transit. We are unable to confirm if they encrypt data at rest where it is stored.
Nenosiri thabiti
Masasisho ya usalama
Inashughulikia hatari
Oura actively solicits input from the public about security vulnerabilities, including from privacy and security researchers. Security vulnerabilities can be reported here.
Sera ya faragha
Je, bidhaa inatumia AI?
You can connect different third-party AI apps. Descriptions of most machine learning-supported features are given in our blog, together with links to publications where they exist.
Je, AI hii haiaminiki?
Je, AI hukufanyia maamuzi gani?
Je, kampuni ina uwazi kuhusu jinsi AI inavyofanya kazi?
Je, mtumiaji anadhibiti vipengele vya AI?
Chunguza kwa Kina
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Oura’s Commitment to Reproductive HealthOura
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Using Oura Temperature To Track Your Menstrual CycleOura
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Researchers say Oura rings can predict COVID-19 symptoms three days earlyChristine Fisher
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The Oura Ring Is a $300 Sleep Tracker That Provides Tons of Data. But Is It Worth It?Wirecutter
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Review: Oura RingWired
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A smart ring shows it’s possible to detect fever before you feel itUC San Diego News Center
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UCSD Launches Study Using Oura To Explore PregnancyOura
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Is There Privacy with Wearables? Case Oura RingJoel Latto
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This sleep-tracking ring can detect when you've drunk too muchVictoria Turk
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Period Tracking, Abortions, and PrivacyMedium
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The Whoop Strap and Oura Ring Are Measuring the Impact of Menstruation and Pregnancy on Athletes as Women's Research and Tech Finally RiseSportTechie
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