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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethics Behav. 2021 Mar 4;32(1):22–31. doi: 10.1080/10508422.2021.1884079

Table 2.

Interview Data: Participant Comfort in Sharing Data.

Type of Data Willing n=12 Not willing n=13

Social Media
 Yes 11 (91.7%) 3 (23.1%)
 No 6 (46.2%)
 Maybe/Depends 1 (8.3%) 4 (30.8%)

Search History
 Yes 10 (83.3%) 3 (23.1%)
 No 1 (8.3%) 5 (38.5%)
 Maybe/Depends 1 (8.3%) 5 (38.5%)

Location
 Yes 12 (100%) 6 (46.2%)
 No 5 (38.5%)
 Maybe/Depends 2 (15.4%)

Medical Records
 Yes 12 (100%) 5 (38.5%)
 No 3 (23.1%)
 Maybe/Depends 5 (38.5%)

For profit organizations a
 Yes 4 (33.3%)
 No 8 (66.7%) 11 (84.6%)
 Maybe/Depends 2 (15.4%)

General health app b
 Yes 12 (100%) 6 (46.2%)
 No 5 (38.5%)
Maybe/Depends 3 (23.1%)

COVID-19 specific app b
 Yes 11 (91.7%) 10 (76.9%)
 No 1 (8.3%) 1 (7.7%)
Maybe/Depends 2 (15.4%)
a

Participants were asked if they were willing to share social media, search history, location, and medical records with for-profit organizations such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon.

b

Participants were asked how willing they were to download an application that tracked their location.