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Women face ‘frightening privacy and safety risks’ from period tracker apps

Jun 11, 20259 min
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Episode description

Dr Stefanie Felsberger from Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, alongside her team at the University of Cambridge, are calling for better regulation in FemTech.


They believe women face “real and frightening privacy and safety risks” when using period tracker apps.


Flo Health respond to their claims on this episode of Tech & Science Daily.


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