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Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report

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Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.

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Which is why I’m tracking my perimenopause on one despite being a dude, to make the data less useful.
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  That’s the way. We should all trash the data of advertisers and data miners.

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