Settlement reached after fertility app Premom shared user health data with third parties, FTC says
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A free fertility app used to track ovulation shared users' health information with other companies, including Google and China-based marketing and analytics firms, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday in announcing a $200,000 settlement.
Easy Healthcare, which owns Premom, did not disclose to users that the information would be shared or get permission from users to share the data, according to the FTC. The company also didn't limit what the third-party companies could do with the information.
"Premom broke its promises and compromised consumers' privacy," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said. "We will vigorously enforce the Health Breach Notification Rule to defend consumer's health data from exploitation. Companies collecting this information should be aware that the FTC will not tolerate health privacy abuses."
