A team of researchers in the UK found “problematic practices, including inconsistencies” regarding data privacy in several female health apps. They presented the research at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Honolulu, Hawaii in the US this month. The researchers analysed 20 popular female health apps available on the US and UK Google Play Stores providing a service related to female reproductive health. They looked at the applications’ data privacy policies and practices.
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