{
  "id": 18498942,
  "title": "Users engage with online health platforms despite privacy concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/users-engage-with-online-health-platforms-despite-privacy-concerns",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-users-engage-online-health-platforms.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "People accessing health advice online can feel they have no choice but to put their trust in websites they visit despite having misgivings, suggests a University of Southampton study. Researchers found users felt that convenience, ease of use and, crucially, a lack of alternatives outweigh their concerns about privacy and data security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}