Samsung Health reportedly warns it will delete data if users refuse AI training

Samsung Health users are reportedly being shown a new settings toggle warning that their health data will be deleted unless they consent to its use for training artificial-intelligence models. The warning surfaced in user screenshots dated July 13, 2026.

The toggle, buried in the app’s settings and titled ‘Consent to the Use of Health Data for AI training and modelling,’ reportedly covers unusually sensitive categories: medication and dosage details, medical records including diagnoses, test results and treatments, and menstrual cycle tracking, alongside step counts, sleep and nutrition data. Declining it reportedly triggers a warning that the data ‘will be deleted unless retained pursuant to applicable law.’

That design turns a privacy choice into an ultimatum. According to the reports, opting out does more than switch off the new feature — it breaks cloud backup and cross-device sync that users have relied on for years, effectively tying long-standing functions to consent for AI use.

Samsung’s in-app language reportedly says the data would be used for ‘AI training and modeling, including human review, to improve Samsung Health,’ and to build machine-learning algorithms for health analysis and other AI features. Human review means employees or contractors could see health records tied to a person’s account.

As of publication, Samsung had not said publicly whether the data is anonymized before use, nor responded to questions about the toggle’s behavior. The claims rest on user screenshots and reporting rather than any statement from the company. In one informal online reader poll, 86% of respondents said they would not consent to the data usage.

The design is likely to draw scrutiny in jurisdictions with strict health-data rules, where deleting data for withholding consent could raise questions under data-protection law.