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These Period Tracking Apps Are Sending Your Private Sexual Health Data to Facebook

shares certain user data with Facebook before a user can even agree to its privacy policies. It also shares data users enter on their mood swings, which advertisers,"are often interested in...because it helps them strategically target ads...at times they might be more likely to buy.

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