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Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf (right) participate in a June 14 roundtable with constitutional law, privacy and technology experts in anticipation of the Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade. (Courtesy of the White House) |
BY JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF| It has been less than a week since the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and creating a national crisis. Among the urgent unmet needs now are ensuring that people’s private health information is vigorously safeguarded.
This includes period-tracking apps, used by millions of women to help chart and better understand their reproductive cycle. With a wide array of offerings—some apps are marketed to teens, others to people trying to conceive—all require users to input extensive personal data about their menstrual cycles, and often other sensitive information ranging from frequency of sex, to diet, to mood swings. Since the Dobbs decision was first leaked in May, technology and privacy experts have called out the risks that period-tracking apps pose, as well as the danger of other forms of cyber-surveillance.
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