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Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users' highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It's 2024. People still assume apps installed on their phones aren't siphoning every single 1 and 0 on your phone including your texts and recordings of your voice calls and then selling that data to a 3rd party advertising firm.

Why in FUCKS name would you put your menstrual cycle data on an app that some stranger made?

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 24 points 8 months ago

It's useful?

[–] Plague_Doctor@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Agreed. Although I think the usefulness of the apps are aimed at tracking fertility to help people get pregnant. Which is even more scummy that they sell the data.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I think you may be way underestimating the number of people who have no idea the software they use is spying on them.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago

If it's under free licence like MIT, GPL or alike app can be inspected what it does and anything out of place we can remove.