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Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges (bc.ctvnews.ca)

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VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users' highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

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[-] LucidBoi@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

Wow, my girlfriend uses this. Time to get her a FOSS-grown solution. Fuck the corpos!

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

here's one i found from a comment below

@noodlejetski@lemm.ee

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They need to fix their SSL certificate.

[-] DeviantOvary@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Seems like they didn't set www to redirect to the main site. If you go to https://dripapp.org it works fine.

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