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Menstruation apps store excessive information, privacy charity says

Posted on December 21, 2020 by pogowasright.org

Sarah Marsh reports:

Menstruation apps are unnecessarily storing personal data such as what medication women are on, their birth control habits and how hard women find it to reach orgasm, privacy campaigners have said.

A study of five leading apps by Privacy International, a UK-based charity, found that companies held intimate information on users including answers to questions about when they have yeast infections and how often they have sex or see a gynaecologist.

Read more on The Guardian.

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