Though Consumer Reports did not uncover any major security vulnerabilities, it says some of these apps are not doing enough to keep your data secure.
Women check in daily with period tracker apps to help navigate pregnancy and childbirth, infertility and menopause, entrusting these apps with a massive amount of highly personal data which is not protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , a federal law that restricts with whom healthcare providers can share your data.
And that information can be used in ways women don’t intend or anticipate and may not even be aware of, such as determining interest rates on loans or how much they will be charged for life insurance or if they're eligible for it at all, Dena Mendelsohn, Consumer Reports’ senior counsel on privacy and technology policy, told USA TODAY.
Consumer Reports’ position: Period tracker apps should use their customers’ data only to run the app, should not share or sell the information and should delete the information when it’s no longer needed. Apps should also clearly outline for consumers why they collect data and what they do with it so consumers can make informed decisions about their privacy, Mendelsohn says.
“The privacy practices and data security practices across the board don’t meet our expectations and we think consumers should be aware of that shortcoming,” she said. “Consumers should definitely go into this with their eyes open.”—Opt out of giving permission to the app to sell or share your data, Mendelsohn says. Some period trackers make it easy to do this, others make you sift through the fine print.
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