Oura Tom Hale Managing Director is trying to set the record for the manufacturer Smart Ring’s partnership With the Ministry of Defense (DOD) and Data Miner Palantir, which is used by defense, information and law enforcement services in the United States and elsewhere. To luck Reflection technology Conference on Monday, Hale’s interview began with a stroke with the absolute denial that the company is sharing user data with the government.
“There was a lot of misinformation about it,” he said, referring to numerous reports that led to influences that led to a viral reaction against the tracker. OURA rings collect information about users’ heart rate, sleep, body temperature, movement, menstrual cycles and much more.
Hale had already gone to the internet to deal with misleading reports and subsequent PR reaction, securing users in His first tiktok Video that the company did not sell their data to third parties “without your explicit consent”.
Instead, he explained that the Dod Oura program is involved in the company requires the company to execute its business solution in a separate, safe environment and that the government does not have access to OURA health users’ health data.
Hale reiterated these points on Monday, saying: “For the file, we will never share your data with anyone unless you direct us to do so. He said that reports that have been spread online that Oura worked with the US government to share the data were” not to share the users “were” grateful “.
In addition, he tried to clarify the confusion about the company’s relationship with Palantir, saying that the name of the “partnership” was “a part of a strong sale”.
Instead, Hale explained that Oura had acquired a company last year related to SAAS (software-as-a-service) with Palantir-which means a business contract rather than a data exchange agreement. This relationship was for something called a level of 5, or IL5, which is a DOD certification standard to deal with sensitive, non -classified data.
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“It is an ingredient of their solution, which is still working, and that this new relationship – became blown up in a ‘huge collaboration’ with Palantir … We have a small commercial relationship, the systems are not connected, there is no way to access your data, no one in the government can see your data.
Hale added that privacy and security of users’ data are important for the company and its customers. It also points out that OURA’s terms of service indicate that they will oppose any efforts designed to use user data for surveillance or prosecution purposes. He also noted that when users authorize oura to consider their data (eg for technical support purposes), the person who considers a limited role in the company and can only see what was approved in particular.
“We don’t look at people’s data … you can’t do that,” he said.
The Managing Director also briefly addressed the future of Oula, observing that the market was shifting-especially to Asia and India-to smaller, cheaper portable portables. The ring portable, meanwhile, doubled in size.
“We grow north of 100%,” Hale noted.
The company considers its ability to become a “preventive” health device that warns users on issues before they become problems that make them get sick. This is reinforced by the fact that Oula rings are designed to give users the information on how their health measurements are evolving. The company also utilizes the Intelligence machine and offers a dedicated health adviser.
Oura sees himself working more with the government, just not in the way the influences describe. Hale said the company worked with Medicare Advantage to provide rings to eligible patients, for example.
Hale also hints at the possibility of other portable devices.
“It would be really cool if there was a ring to rule them all, but we almost know that this is not true,” he said. [W]Hether is metabolic [monitoring]Maybe they are blood pressure, maybe it’s activity, maybe they are other things – maybe they are other types of measurements to be concentrated. So I think we will see a cloud of mobile devices. And the choice of these mobile devices will be relevant to the clinical use you are trying to set. ”
