ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGizmodo: Period Data ‘Gold Mine’ Poses Serious Health and Safety Risks, Report Finds. “Apps that help people track their menstrual cycle are data “gold mines” for advertisers, a new report warns. Advertisers use this highly valuable data for customer profiling, allowing them to tailor marketing campaigns to specific groups of consumers. The report, published by the University of […]
City University of New York: Reproductive health apps must do more to protect user data, researchers say. “The research trio found that Europe-based apps Clue and Flo both scored 3.5 out of 5 for privacy and security. U.S.-based apps showed varied results, with Period Tracker by GP Apps scoring 2, while Stardust scored 4.5. Major concerns involved IP address tracking and third-party data […]
Sarah dreams of beansSeems like a good time to mention that any device that tracks your temperature and/or resting heart rate is a period tracker. Your FitBit would know whether you were pregnant, even with cycle tracking turned off.
Maggie Maybe@andytiedye OMG I WONDER IF THIS IS WHY I GOT SIGNED UP FOR CARTERS.COM EMAIL LIST.
Sorry for shouting but I’ve been thinking about it for a few days now and I don’t know why I didn’t make the connection before.
Last week I got an email directly to me thanking me for signing up for carters.com blog and coupons. Those are baby clothes.
I haven’t had a period since September because I’m old, a couple months after the period tracker on my iPhone asked me if I was forgetting to log my period and I said no and I was sad because all the predictive days went away.
Last week it asked me again and I just closed it out. And that was right around 120 days after my last period started, so technically I would been four months long if I was pregnant.
IS THIS WHAT IS HAPPENING??
The only reason this doesn’t make sense to me is because I put my real birthday in my Apple ID years ago when I got my first iPod or whatever. It knows I am 51 years old. But the email address I used with my Apple ID is the email address that signed up for baby clothes emails.
People who do #PeriodTracking and are concerned about data #privacy, I am curious-- what is your relationship to tracking on paper?
Boosts and comments welcome.
#MenstrualCycles #Fertility #PeriodTrackers #AbortionIsHealthcare
I have tried paper tracking and it sucks
I don't know how but I am curious about it
I don't know how and I don't care
I love tracking cycles on paper
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Nora HeyerdahlI am researching digital period trackers for a data ethics course I am taking. Are there any non profit alternatives I should look into? Research I should read? Hit me:)) #dataethics #PeriodTrackers