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Updated · GSMArena.com · Jul 11
Samsung Health Ties AI Consent to Record Deletion for 4 Data Categories
Updated
Updated · GSMArena.com · Jul 11

Samsung Health Ties AI Consent to Record Deletion for 4 Data Categories

3 articles · Updated · GSMArena.com · Jul 11

Summary

  • Samsung Health users are being told that refusing consent for AI training will stop account syncing and delete stored health data unless Samsung must retain it by law.
  • The notice covers four categories—health and wellness data, medication data, health records and cycle tracking data—and says Samsung will use them for AI training, modeling and human review.
  • Samsung also says users can withdraw consent later in the app’s privacy settings, but doing so triggers the same warning that synced data will be removed.
  • The policy sharpens a requirement reported a day earlier that linked consent to syncing, and now highlights a harsher trade-off as Samsung pushes AI health features ahead of its July 22 Unpacked event.

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