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PSA: Your Period Tracker App May Be Sharing Your Personal Data With Facebook

A new report says the privacy of millions of women has been breached. - by Lucy Bode
  • 10 Sep 2019
PSA: Your Period Tracker App May Be Sharing Your Personal Data With Facebook
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Some period tracker apps have reportedly been sending highly personal information about their users to Facebook, including details of their monthly cycle and when they last had sex. UK-based advocacy group Privacy International shared these findings with BuzzFeed News, calling out apps MIA Fem and Maya, which have millions of downloads between them.

Women rely on these apps for a range of reasons, from logging their menstrual symptoms, e.g. bloating and cramps, to better understanding their fertility.

According to Facebook’s policies, the social networking site can gather information from third-party apps that use its Software Development Kits. Among other things, these SDKs allow users to log in using their FB profiles and also helps the company to target their ads. But in their report, Privacy International found that Maya informs Facebook whenever a user opens the app and starts sharing their data even before the privacy policy is agreed to.

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“When Maya asks you to enter how you feel and offers suggestions of symptoms you might have — suggestions like blood pressure, swelling or acne — one would hope this data would be treated with extra care,” the report said. “But no, that information is shared with Facebook.”

As for other popular period-tracking apps on the market, such as Period Tracker by Leap Fitness Group, Period Tracker Flo by Flo Health, Period Tracker by Simple Design, and Clue Period Tracker by Biowink, Privacy International has confirmed they haven't been sharing data with Facebook.

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Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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