NAPERVILLE, IL — A Naperville man discovered this week that his fitness tracker has been automatically sharing detailed weekly health summaries with his emergency contacts since April 2025, a setting he enabled during a four-minute device setup process he described as “mostly tapping Accept.”

Derek Molloy, 38, learned of the arrangement when his mother, Sandra Molloy, 64, called to express concern about his Thursday sleep data, ask whether he had considered magnesium supplements, and note that his resting heart rate “spiked noticeably” during what the app labeled a “High Stress Event” on the afternoon of February 12—which Derek confirmed was the NFC Championship game.

“She had eleven months of my sleep cycles,” Derek told reporters. “She knew about my 4 a.m. bathroom trips. She had opinions about them.”

“The device is functioning exactly as configured. The user consented to all sharing preferences during onboarding. We consider this a wellness success story.”

A spokesperson for FitCore Wellness Technologies confirmed that the feature, called “Circle of Care,” was enabled by default for users who selected “Accountability” as a fitness goal during setup—a category Derek chose believing it referred to personal discipline rather than a distribution list.

Derek’s father, listed as the second emergency contact, has not mentioned the reports, leading Derek to suspect he has either not opened a single email since April or has been reading them silently and forming conclusions.

At press time, Sandra had forwarded Derek’s sleep report to his aunt in Scottsdale, who had already replied with a podcast recommendation.