Olivia Willis

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Health Report · Period app privacy, eliminating cervical cancer and tackling the surgery gender gap · 4 Mar 2019 podcast
Hi, thanks for having me. voice-verified
Before we get to the Wall Street Journal investigation, let's first talk about women's health tech more generally. voice-verified
So what kind of apps are we seeing pop up in this space and and how many women are using? voice-verified
For women who are using particularly like these period tracking apps, I use one for example, and the information that you're giving is pretty sensitive. voice-verified
So it's not just your cycles. voice-verified
Some of them invite you to kind of divulge details of your sex drive, of your overall mood, your body temperature, measurements like that. voice-verified
How do we know what apps are sharing sensitive information with third parties? voice-verified
obviously so we saw that recently with this Wall Street Journal investigation that I mentioned. voice-verified
So they were looking into some of the most popular health apps that they found were providing Facebook with some of that really sensitive information. voice-verified
I'm assuming that's for Facebook to use for advertising purposes. voice-verified
I mean, why would they be passing on that info? voice-verified
And it's interesting because we I think most people know that Facebook is kind of harvesting voice-verified
really extraordinary amounts of data about its users, but I suppose what's surprising in this case is just how detailed and intimate some of that data is. voice-verified
Do you think we're kind of sliding down this scale of ever more intensive data mining in terms of the type of information we're we're handing over? voice-verified
Okay, and just lastly, as someone who's clearly very in the know in this space, I mean, is it a bad idea to be signing up to these apps? voice-verified
I'm using one of these menstrual trackers and I'm kind of rethinking that decision. voice-verified
Look, voice-verified
Ariel, thanks for joining me. voice-verified
Thank you. voice-verified
Ariel Bogle is a technology reporter with ABC Science. voice-verified
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