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Let app users know in plain terms how their data will be used

Some apps from insurers use health data to gauge fitness levels or offer rewards to encourage a healthy lifestyle. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE - Scan your face with the phone to measure your vital signs such as your heart rate and find out how stressed you are daily and what your general fitness level is.

This is the promise of a new feature announced last week to be added to insurer Prudential's Pulse wellness app in the third quarter.

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