Mobile Sensing
2 posts tagged with “Mobile Sensing”
EMAGDPR
What your ethics board will ask about smartphone sensor data
Background location and health-sensor collection raise ethics questions that questionnaire templates do not prepare you for: what runs continuously, what the phone's permission prompts actually say, what happens when a participant revokes access, and why each stream needs the resolution you chose. Seven questions committees ask, and what a usable answer looks like.
September 7, 2026
EMAGeofencing
Geofenced experience sampling: what location-triggered prompts can and can't do
Location-triggered prompts let you sample experience where it happens — but continuous location tracking has real costs in battery, accuracy, and privacy. A plain-language guide to when geofenced sampling is the right design, when it isn't, and what to check before you build a study around it.
June 8, 2026