Consumers are happy to have medical data transmitted from medical devices such as blood sugar sensors to their clinicians but are far more reluctant to accede to other remote monitoring such as giving employers or insurers access to fitness tracker data, a new survey has found.

The findings from the 2017 Unisys Security Index show that overall, consumers need a compelling reason to allow connected devices to gather and transmit their personal data. Unisys markets security and medical device management solutions to the healthcare industry, among others.