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Tech your username February 2, 2021 A user of the popular fertility tracking application Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker (Flo App) has filed suit against Flo Health, Inc. for violations of state and federal privacy laws. The user claimed that though the company assured users that it would not share their intimate health data, in actuality, Flo Health repeatedly disclosed users’ information to third-parties, including Facebook and Google. Last week’s complaint comes on the heels of a settleme...

Thu, Jan 21st 2021 1:39pm — Karl Bode Another day, another privacy scandal where the penalties do virtually nothing to prevent history from repeating itself. This time the focus is on the Flo Period period and fertility tracking app, which has struck an arguably pathetic deal with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it lied to app users about sharing private health information with third-party firms, including Facebook and Google. According to the complaint and settlement, Flo ...

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Women are deserting the popular period and fertility-tracking app Flo over allegations that it shared highly sensitive user data with Facebook. Flo has been downloaded over 140 million times, and is used as an ovulation calendar, period tracker and pregnancy app. This included information on when users were having their periods, as well as whether they intended to get pregnant. Now, Flo has reached a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and has confirmed that it will be notify...

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Flo Health Inc came to an agreement with the FTC on Wednesday which sees the company avoid any fines despite evidence suggesting it shared the health information of millions with Facebook.

The developer of a period and fertility-tracking app used by more than 100 million consumers has settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company shared the health information of users with outside data analytics providers after promising that such information would be kept private. The proposed settlement requires Flo Health, Inc. to, among other things, obtain an independent review of its privacy practices and get app users’ consent before sharing their health information.  �...