FREE WEBINAR
"Should we delete our apps?"
Reproductive Health and Data Privacy
July 19th, 1800 (GMT)
For more information and to register: https://lnkd.in/g27DsAEF
Or email:
Lindsay.Balfour@coventry.ac.uk
Following the decision of the Supreme Court, and over the last few weeks, news
and social media have been flooded with calls for women to delete their
menstruation, ovulation, or pregnancy apps. As part of a larger spectrum of
womens digital health products the industry known as FemTech tracking
apps that help to manage womens sexual and reproductive health have come
under fire in the wake of Roe v. Wade for their data management practices.
These fears are not unfounded in December 2018, for instance, London-based
charity Privacy International reported that many well-known menstruation apps
were regularly sharing user data with social media channels. Of the 36
applications they tested, more than 61% immediately transferred data to
Facebook when a user opened the app. This is not just a challenge for
startups. Indeed, recently the ovulation app Flo reached a settlement with the
Federal Trade Commission after allowing the data accumulated by its almost 100
million users to be shared with third party companies, including advertisers
(Singer, 2021).
Where then, is the balance? We know that during the pandemic, women turned
more than ever to technology for their health needs and now, with the fears
around accessing reproductive services in traditional settings, FemTech still
has a critical role to play in bringing digital tools to the women who need
them most. And so the question is not so much how can we delete our apps,
but, rather, how do I know which apps are data secure, safe, and medically
accurate? If FemTech data is crucial for both the advancement of medical
research and accuracy, as well as for responsible innovation, how do we ensure
that same data is being safeguarded against data brokerage to third party
advertisers and government enforcement agencies?
While recent events have been centred in the United States, the concerns
around surveillance and retribution are global. Reproductive rights are under
threat around the world and FemTech has a unique opportunity to provide safe
and accessible digital healthcare that is innovative and data secure.
Join us for a conversation with legal experts, scholars, FemTech founders, and
regulatory bodies to answer the question: How can womens intimate health data
be protected in the fight for reproductive justice?
Speakers:
Bethany Corbin, Esq., Senior Counsel at Nixon Gwilt Law
Dr Simon Leigh, PhD. Director of Research, Organisation for the Review of Care
and Health Apps
Danika Kelly, MA. CEO, My Normative
Dr Samantha Lattof, PhD. CEO, Maila Health
Only registered participants will received details to join.
Dr. Lindsay Balfour
Assistant Professor of Digital Media
Centre for Postdigital
Cultures
Coventry University
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