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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/20/21377591/fertility-app-premom-reportedly-shared-customer-data-with-chinese-companies
Fertility app Premom reportedly shared customer data with Chinese companies
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A fertility app that helps women monitor their cycles when hoping to become pregnant was sharing user data with several Chinese companies, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC), a nonprofit consumer privacy watchdog, said its research found that the Android version of the app was sharing data with three Chinese analytics firms, including unique device identifiers which could help them follow users’ activities across other apps and websites.
IDAC sent letters to the FTC, Google, and the attorney general of Illinois, where Premom is based, earlier this month. Since users had no way to opt out of the tracking and were not aware it was even happening, IDAC says the practice could...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/20/21377591/fertility-app-premom-reportedly-shared-customer-data-with-chinese-companies
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