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Rachelle Abbott and Charlie Duffield

Women face ‘frightening privacy and safety risks’ from period tracker apps ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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Dr Stefanie Felsberger from Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, alongside her team at the University of Cambridge, are calling for better regulation in FemTech.

They believe women face “real and frightening privacy and safety risks” when using period tracker apps.

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