In a new executive order addressing abortion access and other issues, the White House suggested that it’s trying to increase privacy protections for people seeking reproductive healthcare.
Data privacy has taken on a new urgency since Roe. v. Wade was overturned, but the issue is much larger, and more complicated, than simply deleting period tracking apps.
Flo, one of the most widely used period tracking apps, says it intends to launch a new "anonymous mode" in an effort to address privacy concerns in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.