[NewsPoster]

Connecticut's Attorney General, George Jepsen, has issued a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, asking the company to explain how the Apple Watch will collect and store data. Jepsen asks, for instance, "whether Apple will allow consumers to store personal and health information on Apple Watch itself and/or on its servers, and if so, how information will be safeguarded," and "if and how Apple will review application privacy policies to ensure that users' health information is safeguarded." Other concerns include consent, the specific types of data the watch and its apps will collect, and guideline enforcement.

Many of the questions are concerned about health data, and are therefore more directly related to HealthKit, an API linked to iOS 8. The Apple Watch is also dependent on an iPhone, and so little if any data should be stored on it except on a temporary basis. It does however have built-in motion and heartrate sensors, and broadcasts data to a tethered iPhone's Health app.

Apple has already established a series of rules on how HealthKit can be used. The company is reportedly considering a "HealthKit Certification" for developers, which would presumably create even more stringent standards.

[sandydubya]

Sounds like grandstanding from CT AG Jepsen. Such behavior is common for CT AG's. Mr. Cook should ask Jepsen what he will do with the information; especially the information which is proprietary. And what happens if Jepsen doesn't like the answers? Does CT have standards that would prevent sale and/or use of the watch? Suppose it is only as secure as Healthcare.gov? Certainly AG Jepsen has better things on which to spend his time.

[thinkman]

Apparently everything else in Connecticut's just fine leaving so much free time for George Jetson to pursue idiotic concerns such as this. Connecticut, do you know where your AG is and what he's up to, because I don't believe he does. Fvcking government nosebleed!

[wireboy]

Hopefully Apple will just ignore the grandstanding windbag!

[Charles Martin]

Yeah, maybe this is grandstanding, but Apple will use it to promote the fact that its business model neither relies on, or is interested in, your personal data. Any discussion that raises awareness about how much more secure and privacy-centric Apple is compared to other companies is an opportunity Apple will probably take full advantage of.

[shawnde]

I wonder if this Jespen dude has ever heard of the NSA?