Period-tracking apps have been criticized for bad privacy practices. Here's how to track your cycle without sharing data with companies, employers, insurers or the government.
Menstrual-tracking apps help people keep tabs on their periods, ovulation and pregnancies. What they don’t always do is keep that information to themselves.Research into the privacy practices of popular period-tracking apps has consistently raised concerns. A 2021 report from the International Digital Accountability Council found period trackers sending unencrypted personal information or sharing data with third parties without fully disclosing that in their privacy policies.
Right now, it’s incredibly difficult for people at home to evaluate the privacy of different period apps and understand where their data is flowing behind the scenes, IDAC’s Palfrey said.There are some secure apps such as Euki, which claim to have stronger privacy protections, according to Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director at If/When/How, a legal advocacy organization.
Google doesn’t have the same kind of secure health app built in. What it does offer is Google Fit, launched in 2014, which includes options for tracking data like menstruation and ovulation test results, but Google’s privacy policy isn’t as clear on how it’s protected or used. Approach it with the same caution you would third-party apps.
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