How Digital Mental Health Apps Handle Personal Data: Assessing Data Privacy Practices
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Digital mental health apps promise quick access to mood tracking, therapy chats, and stress-relief exercises right from your phone, making support feel just a tap away for millions worldwide. Yet beneath this convenience lies a troubling reality: your most private thoughts daily anxiety logs, therapy notes, or even hidden struggles can leak out due to sloppy security, landing in the hands of hackers, advertisers, or strangers.
A 2026 audit exposed over 1,500 flaws in popular apps, turning tools meant for healing into potential privacy traps. As usage surges amid rising mental health awareness with the global mental health app market projected to cross $20 billion by 2030 understanding these risks becomes essential to using them without regret.
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