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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kari Paul

How private is your period-tracking app? Not very, study reveals

A woman sits holding her smartphone. On a low table in front of her is a small basket of feminine hygiene products.
A study of more than 20 pregnancy and period tracking apps found only seven with safe user data and privacy practices. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

After the fall of federal abortion protections in the US, pressure has mounted on apps that collect pregnancy-related data to preserve people’s privacy. A new study has found many of them do not hold up to scrutiny.

Experts at internet research non-profit Mozilla studied more than 20 pregnancy and period tracking apps for privacy and security features and said the results were grim.

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