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The use for the unused SD Card slot on the MacBook Pro

i feel this is irrelevant. apple offers app analytics to developers. which means app usage data is going to apple anyway.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store-connect/analytics/

Infections raise resting heart rate. so resting heart rate is a good indicator of an infections.

I've made an app that collect heart rate data from the apple watch and posts it to a public server together with an approximate location. Data is anonymized.

Apple rejected the app, since it relates to human subject research and need IRB approval.

The app and backend are open source. If anyone want to push this through their university and do some research, you have my full support.

-- rejection

Hello Peter,

Thanks for your time on the phone today.

As we discussed, we noticed that your app is conducting health-related human subject research however the seller and company names associated with your app are not from a recognized institution and we were unable to verify independent ethics review board approval.

We have now rejected your app for the App Store Review Guidelines detailed below.

Guideline 5.1.3 - Legal - Privacy - Health and Health Research

Your app is conducting health-related human subject research, but we were unable to verify independent ethics review board approval.

Next Steps

Apps conducting health-related human subject research must secure approval from an independent ethics review board. You can attach proof in the App Review Notes section of App Store Connect.

Guideline 5.1.1 - Legal - Privacy - Data Collection and Storage

We found in our review that your app provides services in a highly-regulated industry and requires sensitive user information, however the seller and company names associated with your app are not from a recognized institution.

Per section 5.1.1 (ix) of the App Store Review Guidelines, apps that provide services or collect sensitive user information in highly-regulated fields should be submitted by a legal entity that provides these services, and not by an individual developer.

Hi,

I wanted to make a population health tool that would anonymously collect heart rate data from the Apple Watch together with an approximate location. Increase in resting heart rate during sleep is a good sign of infection.

https://github.com/unrelatedlabs/infection-alert

Could not get it publish, because Apple insists on IRB approval.

Any researched want's to get this through IRB? App is done and open source, backend is also built, the data is supposed to be public.

Good to know, this is a very wide range

It's works intermittently for our backend for Azumio apps. Mostly unusable at this point.