{"id":244369,"date":"2026-05-12T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:55:10","slug":"court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Records Are Raising Questions About The Privacy Of Digital Therapy Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms\">Court Records Are Raising Questions About The Privacy Of Digital Therapy Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms\">https:\/\/blavity.com\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 09:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"blavity.com\">blavity.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Millions of private messages, including text, video and audio conversations, may be at risk of being exposed on the popular therapy app, Talkspace. According to Proof News, concerns are rising as the company uses private data to train AI therapy bots. The company\u2019s CEO, per Proof News, recently told investors that Talkspace has amassed \u201cone of the largest mental health data banks in the world.\u201d Psychologist Linda Michaels told Proof News that this is another \u201cawful\u201d example of data mining.<\/p>\n<p>The concerns also come after a Proof News investigation revealed that a woman\u2019s private Talkspace therapy transcripts were produced in court during a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her former employer. According to court records reviewed by Proof News, years of conversations from the app were turned over as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrivacy and confidentiality: It\u2019s in the code of ethics of every psychotherapist,\u201d Michaels said. \u201cIt is really taking advantage of vulnerable people at a vulnerable time of their life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the criticisms Talkspace has faced in recent years?<\/h2>\n<p>Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Ron Wyden spoke up against Talkspace in 2022 when they sent a letter to the company to express their concerns about client privacy. The senators said in their letter that the company may be allowing Google and Facebook to access private client data. However, the company\u2019s chief legal officer, John C. Reilly, said \u201call data related to their treatment is strictly used for therapeutic purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parents also followed up with similar concerns about Talkspace in the following years, saying the private information of some New York City teens may be at risk, Proof News reported. Following the complaints, Talkspace agreed to adjust its data collection policies. Still, the company continues to face criticism and complaints.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The use of chatbots is on the rise, but concerns continue<\/h2>\n<p>Data shows that more and more people are turning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court Records Are Raising Questions About The Privacy Of Digital Therapy Platforms https:\/\/blavity.com\/court-records-are-raising-questions-about-the-privacy-of-digital-therapy-platforms Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cms.blavity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1345111422.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244374,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244369\/revisions\/244374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}