As of May 2022, mobile period apps Eve, Clover, and My Calendar were collecting the largest number of data on user identifiers among all the commercial female health apps examined. Almost all the examined apps collected at least two data points on users' sensitive information, while none of the examined apps appeared to collect data on users' contacts. euros.
Number of user data points collected from select iOS female health and period tracker apps worldwide as of May 2022, by type
Characteristic
Flo
Clue
Period Calendar Period Tracker
Glow
Eve
Spot On
Ovia
Natural Cycles
Clover
My Calendar - Period Tracker
Contact information
4
4
2
4
6
2
4
4
0
4
Health and fitness
4
2
2
4
4
1
4
2
4
2
Financial information
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Location
5
2
0
5
5
0
5
0
5
0
Sensitive information
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
Contacts
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
User content
6
2
2
6
6
2
8
0
4
0
Browsing history
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Search history
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
Identifiers
10
7
7
7
7
7
7
2
10
10
Advertising data
2
5
5
5
5
0
0
2
5
5
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According to the source: "Based on the 32 types of data that the Apple Store lists. Apps from the Google Play Store might have different privacy settings."
According to the source: 'Data Used to Track users' is to be considered "data that may be used to track users across apps and websites owned by other companies (such as User ID)." 'Data Linked to a user' is to be considered "data that may be linked to a user’s identity (such as name)"
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