Likewise, health-care data were always considered private, so that patients would be open and honest with health-care professionals. As the lines between health care and technology businesses become hazy, some manufacturers of “wearables” and the software that runs on them are lobbying to have their products exempted from being considered medical devices – and thus from regulatory requirements for reliability and data protection.
同样，医疗数据一向被视为机密，这样患者在面对医生时才会开放和诚实。随着医疗和技术行业的界限变得模糊，有些“可穿戴设备”及其软件的生产商正拼命游说让其产品不被视为医疗设备——这样就可以不受可靠性和数据保护等监管要求的限制。