The free, two-year program dubbed LumiHealth, is part of the government's technology initiative called Smart Nation and will use an Apple Watch and an app to give participants personalized reminders, coaching and incentives.
Created by a team of physicians and public health experts, the project will be launched in the city-state next month, according to the government and Apple.
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The program is voluntary and users must "opt in" and provide consent to share information with LumiHealth when they join, the statement said. Users may also opt out at any time, it added.
The statement also said user data will be encrypted to protect privacy and will be stored in a "highly secure system that is fully compliant with
In 2018, the computer network of SingHealth, the country's largest health-care provider, was hacked in the country's worst cyberattack. Personal data of some 1.5 million patients, including that of Prime Minister
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