Alcohol monitor drinkaware app slammed for wiping users’ drinks tally
by Jon Ungoed-Thomas from Technology | The Guardian on (#5RBRJ)
Drinkaware under fire after deleting booze-consumption history of some users following relaunch
One of Britain's leading alcohol charities has been criticised over the relaunch of its popular lifestyle app that wiped the drinking history of its users along with red-flag warnings of harmful consumption.
Funded by the industry, Drinkaware promotes its alcohol consumption app to help curb excessive drinking and monitor consumption. The app, which was launched in 2014, has had more than 600,000 downloads.
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