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As the nation awaits the fate of Roe v. Wade, some privacy experts are concerned about how your personal health data is stored online and even shared without your knowledge.
In a statement to the Washington News Bureau, Flo said it completed an external, independent privacy audit in March. In that same comment, the company said “Flo will never require a user to log an abortion or offer details that they feel should be kept private.
Should a user express concern about data submitted, Flo’s customer support team will delete all historical data which will completely remove all data from Flo’s servers.” Some experts say this concern goes beyond health apps and includes any information you share from using Google maps to shopping online.is pushing for a comprehensive consumer federal privacy law with strong enforcement to regulate companies and to protect your sensitive information. “There has to be a private right of action in the bill. You can write the strongest possible privacy legislation but if you limit enforcement to the FTC or to state attorneys general that bill is not going to be enforced in the same way - if individual consumers could bring a lawsuit class, action lawsuit, individual lawsuit against these major companies,” said India McKinney, Director of Federal Affairs at Electronic Frontier Foundation.“We want the federal privacy law to be a floor of protection, and then have states be able to do things on top of that,” she said.“You don’t allow your data to be sold, we’re not going to give you this service, or we’re going to give you 20 bucks, if you let us aggregate and sell your data somewhere else. Whatever you want to call those two things - that needs to not exist either,” said McKinney. Privacy experts say apps that are created by healthcare providers are covered by health privacy laws. The Electronic Frontier Foundation also offers information about ways to protect your data. You can find that information here:Flo firmly believes women’s health data should be held with the utmost privacy and care, which is why Flo does not share personal health data with any third party. In March 2022, Flo completed an external, independent privacy audit which confirmed Flo’s own practices are consistent with its publicly stated privacy policy. Beyond this, the independent audit specified, “From both a governance and operational perspective, Flo was able to demonstrate a commitment to the privacy and security of its users’ data and has devoted appropriate resources and personnel to ensuring it maintains those commitments.” Flo will never require a user to log an abortion or offer details that they feel should be kept private. Should a user express concern about data submitted, Flo’s customer support team will delete all historical data which will completely remove all data from Flo’s servers.
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