Fertility tracking apps scrutinised for data security concerns

The data protection watchdog’s research showed a third of women have used apps to track their periods or fertility. More than half of those who have used an app believed they noticed an increase in baby or fertility-related adverts since signing up, and 17% said they had found this distressing. — Photo by Juan Encalada on Unsplash

LONDON: Britain’s data protection regulator is to review period and fertility tracking apps due to concerns with the data security of such platforms.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK said the review was in response to figures it had obtained from its own research, which found that more than half of women using these apps had concerns over how their data was being used.