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Flo will get FTC slap for sharing person knowledge when it promised privateness

The FTC has reached a agreement with Flo, a period and fertility tracking app with 100 million+ consumers, over allegations it shared consumers’ smartly being knowledge with third-party app analytics and promoting corporations like Facebook irrespective of promising to care for consumers’ refined smartly being knowledge personal. Flo m…
The FTC has reached a settlement with Flo, a period and fertility tracking app with 100 million+ users, over allegations it shared users’ health data with third-party app analytics and marketing services like Facebook despite promising to keep users’ sensitive health data private. Flo m…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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  2. "A unique device identifier that Apple assigns to each iPhone for third parties to track users for ad targeting aka the IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) is itself now the target of two new complaints filed by European privacy campaign not-for-profit, noyb". (November 16, 2020)
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  4. "The European Unions lead data protection supervisor has recommended that a ban on targeted advertising based on tracking Internet users digital activity be included in a major reform of digital services rules which aims to increase operators accountability, among other key goal". (February 10, 2021)
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  8. "The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published guidance for the use of location data and contacts tracing tools intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic". (April 22, 2020)
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