Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation says women must know how their data is being used.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation says women using period tracking apps must ensure they know how their data is being used.- which would make abortion illegal in 22 states.Some of these apps share data with third parties.
"Anyone working with user data, especially in the reproductive health space right now, should be thinking about what they can do to minimise the amount of data they collect and hold, and the length of time they hold that data."Period trackers have been extremely popular with women trying to get pregnant, because the tools claim to predict ovulation days.
However, from 2016 to 2019, the company was found to have passed on certain health details of its users to big tech firms. Flo said it was "solely for analytical purposes" - but some women were angry. "Unlike period tracking apps, Natural Cycles is an FDA-cleared [US Food and Drug Administration] birth control app - a medical device with very strict data privacy standards.
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