Research finds poor data management practices such as not being able to delete data about abortions.
Female health monitoring apps are putting women at risk by "coercing" them into disclosing - and then poorly handling - highly sensitive data, according to new research.
"Mismanaging or leaking reproductive health data can lead to dire consequences, with blackmail, discrimination, and violence being among the worst," she added. Some privacy experts are concerned that data from menstrual tracking apps could be used to prosecute anyone seeking to terminate a pregnancy.Intimate data stored by health tracking apps can show details of sexual activity, contraception and when periods stop and start - with some also asking for information about abortions or miscarriages.
50% assured users that health data would not be shared with advertisers, but were ambiguous about other data collected
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