Invited Perspective: Can My Smartphone Assess My Exposure? The Potential to Retroactively Estimate Personalized Exposures using Smartphone Location Data.

The article comments on a study on the potential of Google Location History (GLH) data derived from smartphone data to estimate personalized exposures. Emphasis is given on the need to be aware of the limitations of GLH data and to consider the ethics of using GLH data for research. It suggests the use of GLH data to explore potential natural experiments and for epidemiologists to develop partnerships with technology corporations to capitalize on smartphone location data.