Period-tracking apps: FTC warns of ‘incalculable risk’ if health apps share info after Roe decision
The Federal Trade Commission is warning people that devices and apps that gather people’s personal information, including their location and overall health, “may pose an incalculable risk” if they improperly share the information.
Within the post, the FTC gave one example about a marketing company named Copley Advertising, LLC, that obtained personal health and location data from people living in Massachusetts. The company used technology to send targeted ads to individuals’ phones whenever they were near an abortion clinic — the ads offered “alternatives to abortion,” the FTC wrote.
Jen Klein, director of the White House’s Gender Policy Council, advised caution for millions of Americans who use such apps during a press briefing last week, but did stop short of outright “directing” people to stop suing such apps.
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