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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection.

The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.

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[–] [email protected] 327 points 4 days ago (21 children)

Research conducted by the Mozilla Foundation indicates that the app referred to in the article, Clue, gathers extensive information and shares certain data with third parties for advertising, marketing, and research reasons.

Here are some menstruation tracking apps that are open-source and prioritize user privacy by keeping your data stored locally on your device:

[–] [email protected] 123 points 3 days ago (12 children)

So the government just needs to acquire this data from one of those third parties if it wants it.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

so what they're really saying is they won't give it away for free

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

They do claim to not share any medical data with third parties though. See other comments for source.

I wouldn't trust them either way...

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