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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 settlement Flo Health reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that the defendant ma...

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 informed the app's users that customer data would be "kept private." Instead, Flo sold consumer data...

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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 notifying all users that it shared their personal information without their consent. However, the compan...

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