How Much Are You Giving Away?

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As part of the Vitality program, which is designed to offer perks to policyholders who live healthy lifestyles, employees at those companies could buy a $350 Apple Watch for just $25, and earn an almost-free watch along with insurance discounts by meeting exercise goals over a two year period. On Monday, the company announced that it was expanding the program availability to all participants of the Vitality program. The program, the company said, had been a tremendous success, with about half of policyholders meeting monthly activity goals.

The thing is, even health data like how many steps you’ve taken can be pretty sensitive, revealing information… More at Gizmodo.

I can think of few things I would rather not do.



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3 replies

  1. I know people who thought this was a great deal, and are very happy with it…

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  2. It’s control, pure and simple.

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