According to an assessment of the most popular femtech apps available in 2021, over 90 percent of the apps required sensitive data that directly identifies the person. Furthermore, around 50 percent of the apps evaluated collected data when the app was in use.
Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021
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The source mentions the following: The study reviewed the 23 most popular women’s mHealth apps on the market by focusing on publicly available apps on the App Store and Google Play.
To be included in the study the apps had to match the following criteria:
Be available in English language; The app had to be functional in the search period (January to March 2021); and the the app must provide a service related to women's health.
mHealth apps enable the widespread collection of a wealth of health-related information. Assuming that data privacy and data protection are fundamental human rights, including the right to understand and control which personal data are collected, who collects them, and how and by whom they are used, it is imperative to understand what privacy rights are recognized in practice and how they are enforced.
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JMIR. (May 6, 2022). Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/
JMIR. "Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021." Chart. May 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/
JMIR. (2022). Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/
JMIR. "Assessment of The Data Gathering Policies of The Most Popular Femtech Apps Available on The Google and Apple App Stores as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/
JMIR, Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Assessment of the data gathering policies of the most popular femtech apps available on the Google and Apple app stores as of 2021 [Graph], JMIR, May 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313953/assessment-of-femtech-apps-for-data-gathering/
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