Cybersecurity: Sexual and reproductive health apps suffer from deficiencies in protecting privacy, according to a study – Tech

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The Applications which fall into the category sexual and reproductive health They represent deficiencies in protecting users’ privacy, as defined by the Mozilla Foundation in its “Privacy Not Included” guide.

The Mozilla Foundation It analyzed 25 apps and smartwatches with such monitoring to determine their level of privacy, categorizing them into categories ranging from “non-creepy” to “extremely creepy”. Among all the products, Only seven have acceptable privacy measures.

The study includes among the best value “Euki”, for not collecting any personal information From users, which is stored locally on the device, although it links to other third-party services that may have their own data privacy policies.

Also highlights “Natural Cycles – Birth Control”, Swedish “application” corresponds to European General Data Protection RegulationIt does, however, collect “a lot” of user data, although it makes clear that it does not sell it to third parties.

hours Garmin, Apple Watch, Fitbit, Whoop Strap 4, Oura Ring They also have positive comments about the privacy measures put in place to protect users’ data and give them control over it.