Period-tracking apps offer clear health benefits to users, allowing them to track and anticipate symptoms, as well as providing an aid for people hoping to conceive. They are also hugely popular – period tracker app Flo has more than 50 million downloads on the Google Play store. Its next big competitor Clue has more than 10 million. It’s a competitive market, and even Apple launched its own period-tracking app in 2019.

Unfortunately, menstruation apps also have a track record of throwing up big privacy red flags.

Hat-tip Alyssa Jocson Porter!

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Hamilton, I. A. (2021, January 28). Period apps are a privacy nightmare – should you still use them? An expert explains the risks. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/period-apps-privacy-risks-ad-targeting-2021-1