Our current world, health care apps and your personal data
Summary: Cisco Talos reports that after the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling reversed Roe v. Wade's privacy interpretation, users of health and period-tracking apps face new exposure because HIPAA does not cover these apps as "non-covered entities." The article cites a Nebraska investigation in which Meta provided Facebook messages to police, and a July 2021 case where a Catholic publication used purchased Grindr location data to allege a bishop was gay, leading to his resignation.
Bottom line: Your period and pregnancy apps can legally sell or share the data your doctor cannot, and their privacy policies often carve out exceptions for law enforcement requests - so the only barrier between your health data and a subpoena or a data broker is a policy you clicked past.
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