2020 14th International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST) 2020
DOI: 10.1109/icosst51357.2020.9332991
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Privacy Policies' Readability Analysis of Contemporary Free Healthcare Apps

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“…The finding of the average privacy policy readability assessment was that most statements (19) are at or above the 12th grade reading level. This aligns with previous literature indicating that mHealth privacy policies are not accessible due to health literacy limitations; thus, only high education audiences have the ability to interpret privacy policy information 13,29,30 . Future work should address the need for equitable access to mHealth privacy policy statements and promote the plain language of app privacy policies in several languages.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
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“…The finding of the average privacy policy readability assessment was that most statements (19) are at or above the 12th grade reading level. This aligns with previous literature indicating that mHealth privacy policies are not accessible due to health literacy limitations; thus, only high education audiences have the ability to interpret privacy policy information 13,29,30 . Future work should address the need for equitable access to mHealth privacy policy statements and promote the plain language of app privacy policies in several languages.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…This aligns with previous literature indicating that mHealth privacy policies are not accessible due to health literacy limitations; thus, only high education audiences have the ability to interpret privacy policy information. 13,29,30 Future work should address the need for equitable access to mHealth privacy policy statements and promote the plain language of app privacy policies in several languages. For example, best practice for health literacy is fourth grade reading level.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%