Privacy International finds popular period tracking apps, including MIA Fem and Maya, are sending monthly timings, contraception use, symptoms, more to Facebook
including “when women last had sex” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @BuzzFeedNews Lisa Tozzi / @lisatozzi : Period tracker apps are sending deeply personal information about women's health and sexual practices to Facebook, new research has found. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
BuzzFeed News Megha Rajagopalan
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Discussion
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@privacyint
@privacyint
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Menstruation apps have asked their users when they have sex, about their contraception methods, their mood, their health history, their lifestyle, their habits... And they shared it with Facebook. Today we shed light on their data sharing practice. https://www.privacyinternationa…
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@privacyint
@privacyint
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NEW! Today we expose 5 menstruation apps that have been sharing their users' most intimate data about their health and sexual lives with Facebook and other third parties. Read our research: https://www.privacyinternational.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@drewharwell
Drew Harwell
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Period-tracking apps sent Facebook data about women's contraception, mood and when they'd had sex: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @karen_ec_levy calls it “menstrual surveillance.” Once the data is out there, women have zero control over where it goes https://www.washingtonpost…
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@amandamarcotte
Amanda Marcotte
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This is all because advertisers desperately want to know if you're pregnant, ideally even before you know it. That way, they can start hitting you hard with ads about baby products, getting product loyalty before competitors. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@caitlin_keegan
Caitlin Keegan
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PSA: Planned Parenthood has a period tracker app. It has never asked me to link to Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
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@lam_barrett
Lindsey Barrett
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these period apps are sharing things like contraception use with FB, & the articles it suggested to you based on your health data. whom does FB allow to target those users on that basis & other inferred attributes, & who else does FB share that with? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/…
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@tiffanycli
Tiffany C. Li
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Honestly don't understand why there aren't more startups creating on-device, non-cloud health trackers. Something that functions better than an Excel sheet but also doesn't sell your extremely private health data to advertisers. https://twitter.com/...
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@privacyint
@privacyint
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“An app sharing my shopping cart/wishlist with Facebook is one thing, but details like these are very private and must remain confidential” @BuzzFeed covered our research about menstruation apps and interviewed app users. Read what they had to say: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ .…
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@juliareinstein
Julia Reinstein
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facebook in 2008: i love writing on my friends wall! did you see that funny bumper sticker i sent you? plz like my status! facebook in 2019: we know when you've been fuckin 😎https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@janelytv
@janelytv
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Period apps are sharing ovulation, contraception, AND EVEN SEXUAL ACTIVITY data with Facebook https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@mimms
Sarah Mimms
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*Extremely Get Out voice* No. No no no no. No no. No. Period Tracking Apps Used By Millions Of Women Are Sharing Incredibly Sensitive Data With Facebook — including “when women last had sex” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... via @BuzzFeedNews
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@lisatozzi
Lisa Tozzi
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Period tracker apps are sending deeply personal information about women's health and sexual practices to Facebook, new research has found. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...