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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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[–] ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world 328 points 1 week 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:

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The only way to protect data is to not gather it.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago

Having your own data can be incredibly useful and valuable, the trick is protecting that data so that nefarious actors can't use it.

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