{"id":3568,"date":"2018-03-14T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allenandallen.com\/three-things-you-may-not-know-about-your-wearable-device-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:27:02","slug":"tres-cosas-que-puede-no-saber-acerca-de-su-dispositivo-portatil-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allenandallen.com\/es\/blog\/three-things-you-may-not-know-about-your-wearable-device-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tres formas en que su reloj inteligente puede afectar su caso legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably noticed that the market for wearable technology like fitness trackers and smart watches is on the rise, but did\u00a0you know that the data they collect is admissable in court?[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

Fitbit is a company that makes wearable devices which gather information about your health as your wear them; they track statistics such as steps, heart rate, and will even monitor your sleep.[2]<\/a> In 2014, Fitbit had approximately 6.7 million paid\/active users and sold 10.9 million devices.[3]<\/a> While the health benefits for these devices are numerous, a few precautions must be shared when it comes to your personal injury case.<\/p>\n

1. Wearables May Be Used to Aid Your Damages Claim<\/h2>\n

A young woman who was injured in Canada last year was the first person to use a wearable device to help strengthen her case.[4]<\/a> The plaintiff was a personal trainer who was injured.[5]<\/a> As part of her case, she had to prove the issue of damages (i.e.<\/em>, that her life was different as a result of her injury).[6]<\/a> In lieu of having her examined by the defense\u2019s medical expert, she was requested to wear a Fitbit to track her physical health and movement.[7]<\/a> This data was used to aid the jury in calculating how much her injury had impacted her life.[8]<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Wearables Can Be Used to Impeach Testimony<\/h2>\n

In Pennsylvania, the opposite situation occurred. Data from a Fitbit was used to disprove<\/em> a witness\u2019 version of events.[9]<\/a> A woman called the police to report a crime.[10]<\/a> She told the police she was attacked while she was sleeping.[11]<\/a> She voluntarily provided the username and password information for her Fitbit, which police found in the hallway after she claimed it was lost in the scuffle.[12]<\/a> The data from the device showed the woman was never asleep that night, but rather up and walking around the whole time in direct contradiction of her testimony.[13]<\/a><\/p>\n

3. They Can Be Considered a Digital “Expert Witness”<\/h2>\n

If there is a dispute over how badly you are harmed in a personal injury case, there will generally be a \u201cbattle of experts.\u201d The defense might hire an expert doctor to examine you and provide a conclusion to how limited your injury is in order to rebut the testimony of your own doctor. But with wearable devices at play, it won\u2019t necessarily be a doctor that testifies against your injury. For users of devices such as Fitbit and Jawbone, it could be a collection of your profile data compared to your own personal data.[14]<\/a> Injuries in the future may be calculated based on whether or not the data points on your wearable device fall above or below the median for all other wearable users.<\/p>\n

None of this is meant to dissuade the use of wearables. The health benefits are numerous; however, when involved in a personal injury action, the data contained in them may be used for or against you in a court of law.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>[1] Spela Kosir, Wearables Are on the Rise<\/em>, Wearable Technologies, available at https:\/\/www.wearable-technologies.com\/2015\/08\/wearables-are-on-the-rise\/<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[2] See<\/em> Fitbit<\/em>, https:\/\/www.fitbit.com; Jawbone<\/em>, https:\/\/jawbone.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[3] See <\/em>Eugene Kim, Fitbit\u2019s Growth Has Been Astounding<\/em>, Business Insider, https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fitbit-astounding-growth-in-paid-active-users-and-devices-sold-2015-5.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[4] See <\/em>Parmy Olson, Fitbit Data Now Being Used in the Courtroom<\/em>, Forbes, https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/parmyolson\/2014\/11\/16\/fitbit-data-court-room-personal-injury-claim\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[6] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[7] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[8] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[9] See <\/em>Alexander Howard, How Data From Wearable Tech Can Be Used Against You in a Court of Law<\/em>, Huff Post, https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alexander-howard\/how-data-from-wearable-te_b_7698764.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[11] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[12] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[13] See id.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[14] See \u2018Wearables\u2019 In Court: How Your Electronic Data Becomes Evidence<\/em>, Sherbit Blog, https:\/\/www.sherbit.io\/wearables-in-court\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Probablemente haya notado que el mercado de la tecnolog\u00eda port\u00e1til como los rastreadores de actividad f\u00edsica y los relojes inteligentes est\u00e1 en aumento, pero \u00bfsab\u00eda que los datos que recopilan son admisibles en ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","import-new"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThree Things You May Not Know About Your Wearable Device | Virginia\u2019s Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice & Accident Lawyers | Richmond, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, and Petersburg | Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wearable devices like smart watches and fitness trackers have numerous benefits; however, when involved in a personal injury case, the data they collect may be used for or against you in court.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allenandallen.com\/es\/blog\/tres-cosas-que-puede-no-saber-acerca-de-su-dispositivo-portatil-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Things You May Not Know About Your Wearable Device | Virginia\u2019s Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice & Accident Lawyers | Richmond, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, and Petersburg | Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wearable devices like smart watches and fitness trackers have numerous benefits; 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