Fitness trackers, financial apps and a lot more besides – plenty of people use these self-measurement devices to collect personal data on themselves. But when, and for what purpose, are they prepared to disclose that data to others? Our gallery of links reveals what Germans think about this issue. The results are based on a survey carried out by market research institute Dr. Grieger & Cie*.
Fifty-four percent of Germans would in principle consent to their physical-activity data being shared with their health insurance fund – of those, 21 percent said they would do so for a bonus as low as 50 euros a year.
Forty-four percent of the Germans would let their employer have this same data in return for an additional two weeks’ salary a year.
Forty-four percent would also consider sharing their driving-behavior data with their motor insurer – and would expect, in return, an average bonus of 160 euros a year.
* Source: The survey was commissioned by XX of Absatzwirtschaft, a German market research platform XX: http://www.absatzwirtschaft.de/studie-zur-selbstvermessung-welche-daten-die-deutschen-sammeln-und-wie-viel-sie-ihnen-wert-sind-87945/
