Browsers have been dealing with private personal data for a while now, that
includes video camera & microphone input, geolocation and more. Health data
isn't so different in that respect. There are mechanisms to deal with
privacy already in the browser. But indeed: a spec would need to consider
such issues.

Best Regards,
Silvia.
On 13 Sep 2014 08:42, "delfin" <del...@segonquart.net> wrote:

>  Hi All:
>
>
> Use and transmission of private/personal Health data, as other sensitive 
> personal data, is ruled by law and regional regulations in some -- or in most 
> of the -- developed countries.
>
> Please, take this aspect in consideration.
>
>
>    - I would not recommend to read health data within a browser.
>    - JSON transferred data, as I understood, might be 'seen' by a
>    semi-experienced user with, for example, the web inspector's tools a
>    desktop browser has. Not exactly, but nearly.
>    - Not to mention more sophisticated public methods of to collect this
>    JSON/JSONP data.
>    - One might use an existent API or develop a new one for this purpose.
>    The data of an unknown user is viewable by third-parties.
>
> An standard development should take this scenarios in consideration.
>
>    1. Laws and regulations in countries/govs referring the use and
>    transfer of private/sensitive data.
>    2. Open-sourceness and distribution via a "web" browser.
>
> Best -
> -- Delfin Ramirez
>
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