According to recent research, female health monitoring apps are putting women at risk by “coercing” them into giving very sensitive data, which is then handled inadequately.
The study looked at the data security labels and privacy policies of 20 of the most well-known apps of this type, which are frequently used to assist women in getting pregnant.
Numerous bad data management practices were discovered, including the lack of a delete feature in certain apps for extremely private data, such menstrual cycles and miscarriages.
According to its creators, this is the most thorough evaluation of its kind to be finished to date.
It is claimed that hundreds of millions of people utilize the apps.
The news has contacted a number of app developers; none have responded to requests for comments.
