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HealthVault data is stored in Microsoft secure data centers, is encrypted in transit and at rest, and by (FTC enforceable) terms of service there are strict limits on how Microsoft uses and accesses the information. In a nutshell, the user has explicit, opt-in control over how the information gets shared; the full privacy policy is here: https://account.healthvault.com/help.aspx?topicid=PrivacyPolicy ... happy to discuss further, you can find me via the contact form at http://familyhealthguy.com. Thanks!

Thank you very much for this information, Sean!

OK, I found this about the HealthVault app, but it still doesn't exactly answer my question. Who "owns" this database? Where does it reside? Who has access to it?

Just saw this episode. I'm interested in the HealthVault app. I like how there's a HealthVault website, app for Windows 8 and Windows Phone (I'm still at 7.5, but I see there's an app for that as well), and I also like the fact that it appears to work with my FitBit. But got some questions about it. My biggest question concerns who has access to my personal health data? In looking at this app and the website, I come to the conclusion that the data is stored, probably by Microsoft, somewhere in the cloud (Azure?), but since Microsoft has it, can they peruse it? Or is my personal health information encrypted in some fashion, so that even though they have the data, they can't peruse it? And besides them, how about FitBit? Do they have access to the data in HealthVault? Just how pervasive is this data?

I downloaded PhotoWhirl, after watching your video, Laura. I love PhotoWhirl!

Aug 20, 2012 at 6:19 PM, BobTabor wrote

@Doctor Who: I'm a big fan of your work!    I'm not quite sure how to answer your question, however.  Yes, that URL is great for validating HTML5 from Niue, any other island in the South Pacific, or the rest of the world for that matter.  

Thank you for your reply (and I'm very sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.  It's entirely my own fault).

Yeah, I'm a big Doctor Who fan.  Have been watching it since I first saw it broadcast in the 80's on PBS, and I confess my favorite Doctor was played by Tom Baker, hence the use of his image on my avatar.  As Baker said to Harry Sullivan in The Robot, his first episode, "The definite article, you might say." 

Does it start on the 12th, or is it all on the 12th?

@BobTabor: Is the URL http://html5.validator.nu/ you've mentioned in this series, the website for validating HTML5? Or is that the website best suited for Niue?

Did Kevin mention something about Audible, saying that it was even available for WP 7.5?  Sounds like something that's more or less along the lines of Siri, but when I look for it in the marketplace all I see if the Audible for book reading.  Am I missing something?

@Clint: Thanks for that additional tip.

@DennisDel: Thanks.