Now more than ever, vigilance is key when it comes to your period-related data - here are some tips to keep you safe online
, phones and third-party apps. It’s a useful and sensible feature, but the high-profile overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US has raised an important question: can this period tracking and menstrual data be used against women, and people with uteruses?
If you are using an online period tracker or tracking your cycles through your phone, get off it and delete your data. Now.However, there is no legal precedent on the use of period tracking data to enforce abortion law in the US. Historically, app creators have cooperated and shared user data with law enforcement, but it could be argued that period tracking data may currently fall under the legal right to privacy. It’s simply too early to tell.
But you can do the research and arm yourself as best you can, making it significantly more difficult for people to access your data. With this in mind, we’ve compiled a few ideas to keep your sensitive health information private.There are some core principles to being online that we can all hold our hands up to skipping on occasion, whether it’s password protection, e-mail addresses, or reading the terms and conditions.
Period tracking apps, such as Flo, reportedly shared user information with third parties for several years - namely Facebook and Google. They have, but it stands to reason that any app requesting third-party data sharing is liable to spread your data. That’s why it is crucially important to read the terms and conditions surrounding your privacy and data before agreeing to anything.
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