Period-Tracking App Flo Adds 'Anonymous Mode' After Roe v. Wade Overturn
The new mode can let a user access the app without linking their name, email or IP address, and other metadata to the account.
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The new mode can let a user access the app without linking their name, email or IP address, and other metadata to the account.
Flo promised to release the mode shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women's personal health information following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is now nearly banned in at least 15 states as a result of the Supreme Court's decision on June 24 to overturn
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women's personal health information following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is now nearly banned in at least 15 states as a result of the Supreme Court's decision on June 24 to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe ruling -- which legalized abortion at the federal level -- and send the issue back to the states. A report released Wednesday by the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that advocates for online privacy, concluded that among 25 p...
The Mozilla Foundation looked at the privacy policies of 25 reproductive health apps.