A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12947530

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

  • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That would be very hard to verify for most users. So the perceived risk can be high. Most people aren’t going through source code or compiling the code themselves. Most are trusting the open source community to tell them it’s safe.

    Where as pen and paper, the risks are apparent to most people. It also severely limits the people who can access the information. Keeping out those that would sell or trade it. For a third party to access pen and paper they either need to trick you in person or break and enter.

    Most businesses aren’t going to take those risks. But they will steal your data from an app. Many businesses primary operation is stealing data from apps.