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IOS Health Fitness And Motion Data
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IOS Health Fitness And Motion Data
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Guide · 17 pages · 25 min read · Published 2026-09-02
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Published by Computer Forensics Lab on 2026-09-02. Original material of the practice, free to read, cite and download. The authority behind this subject is ICO guide to the UK GDPR, which you should read alongside this guide. See every guide's author and source.
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IOSHEALTH, FITNESS & MOTION · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS
iOS Health, Fitness and Motion Data
The Quiet Witness in a Pocket: Steps, Sleep and Movement, and the Care Their
11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording
12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert
13 Frequently asked questions
14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist
Executive summary
low-level motion, a quiet witness that can corroborate or contradict an account of activity and movement,
but health data is special-category, indicative not clinical, and must be attributed to a person and read with
care.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: a witness people forget to silence
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
expert
Why is health data treated differently under data protection?
Can it show whether someone was really injured or inactive?
Does the data prove the phone's owner did the activity?
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§ Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- What does "indicative not clinical" mean?
- That the data is a sensor estimate, not a medical measurement (
- Why is health data treated differently under data protection?
- Because it is special-category personal data (
- Can it show whether someone was really injured or inactive?
- It can test such an account, read honestly (
- Does the data prove the phone's owner did the activity?
- It shows a device's activity; attributing it to a person takes care (
- Should we just ask for all their health data?
- No, that is neither proportionate nor lawful (
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