The Data Download: Will women's data be used against them in court?
Sent by Joshua Katris | MAY 19, 2024
The Good
Nearly one-third of American women use apps to track their menstrual cycles. These period tracking apps collect a range of sensitive information beyond just menstruation dates. They can include data on fertility intentions, pregnancy status, miscarriages, and even sexual activity.
The Bad
In the Post-Roe era, privacy has become increasingly crucial. Many period tracking apps have privacy policies that are often misleading. Approximately two-thirds of these apps permit the sharing of private information for legal obligations, such as criminal investigations. Consequently, your data could be used to prosecute you in states where abortion is illegal.
The Ugly
Did you know that in in 2023, 328.77 million terabytes of data were created every day? By 2025, we will be creating 500 million terabytes per day. The majority of it will be created by users like you. Yet all this data is owned, stored, and analyzed by organizations to drive consumer behavior.
Something to think about
With so much data being collected every day, we rarely wonder about where our data is being physically stored. Many of us assume its living in the cloud, but in reality that cloud is made up of physical servers around the global.
Is it important to understand where your data is being physically stored?
… asking for a friend
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