{"id":13815,"date":"2024-06-19T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/alarm-bells-should-be-going-off-as-mental-health-counselling-app-expands-into-australia-critics-say-20\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T00:01:27","slug":"alarm-bells-should-be-going-off-as-mental-health-counselling-app-expands-into-australia-critics-say-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/alarm-bells-should-be-going-off-as-mental-health-counselling-app-expands-into-australia-critics-say-20\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alarm bells should be going off\u2019 as mental health counselling app expands into Australia, critics say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exclusive:<\/strong> Consumer advocates say BetterHelp\u2019s wrongdoing overseas means privacy watchdog should investigate whether it has breached local laws<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2024\/jun\/19\/australia-news-live-peter-dutton-nuclear-coalition-china-south-sea-li-qiang-anthony-albanese-renewable-energy\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consumer advocates are calling on the privacy regulator to investigate the \u201cUber of therapy\u201d platform BetterHelp as it expands in Australia, after a US ruling that the company shared customers\u2019 sensitive data to third parties.<\/p>\n<p>BetterHelp \u2013 known to many because it is the <a href=\"https:\/\/mumbrella.com.au\/australias-top-podcast-advertisers-revealed-807357\">second-largest advertiser on podcasts in Australia<\/a> \u2013 claims to offer affordable and flexible online therapy. But experts have warned the commercialisation of healthcare in Australia could compromise patient data and reduce the quality of care that therapists provide when acting as \u201cgig workers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/17\/betterhelp-online-therapy-potential-investigation-australian-privacy-laws\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Consumer advocates say BetterHelp\u2019s wrongdoing overseas means privacy watchdog should investigate whether it has breached local laws Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Consumer advocates are calling on the privacy regulator to investigate the \u201cUber of therapy\u201d platform BetterHelp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}