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Period-tracking apps are popular digital tools for a range of menstrual, reproductive and general health purposes. But the ...

The conversation around personal data protection often swings between two extremes, writes Barry Young – sweeping regulatory ...

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Smartphone apps that track menstrual cycles are a "gold mine" for consumer profiling, collecting information on everything ...

The legal ambiguity is even more pronounced in states with restrictive reproductive health policies, where personal data from period-tracking apps could become a weapon for enforcement.

Researchers show that submitting junk data into period tracking apps won't confuse the algorithm ... which is an inherent problem that developers design algorithms to be robust against.

Researchers took into account how much information apps keep track of and whether those applications make specific mention of policies for dealing with law enforcement data requests. The reports ...

Tweaks to the app’s design run throughout the app without alienating ... which is why it’s crucial for tracking apps to make entering data as simple as possible. FoodNoms has delivered easy, ...

Unless you give an app explicit permission to track you (including apps made by Apple), it can't use your data for targeted ads, including sharing your location data, advertising ID or any other ...

Another nice design touch is that you are not locked ... I particularly like the simple export options, which make your data far more portable than in many other apps. One thing Game Tracker doesn’t ...