House Democrats are working on legislation to protect people's period tracker data

Nancy Pelosi stated in a letter that House Democrats are working on legislation to protect personal data collected by reproductive health trackers. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn abortion rights is one of the three ways the lawmakers are looking at. She didn't elaborate on how the lawmakers plan to protect people's personal data.

Since the Supreme Court decision dropped, users have swapped their period trackers for other people's. It's not unusual for companies to sell user information, and people are concerned about the possibility of investigators using that data to identify them if they ever seek an abortion. A number of reproductive health apps were busy over the weekend.

Flo plans to launch an anonymous mode after the Supreme Court decision. Flo hasn't said when the mode will be available, but it's supposed to remove one's personal information from their account so that they can't be identified. Flo's average daily installs have been on the decline due to it's history of sharing private data with third parties

Flo was listed by The Wall Street Journal as an app that gave Facebook access to people's data. Flo was accused by the FTC of sharing information with third-party companies. Flo has to ask for user consent before it gives external services access to their personal health information.

There's no guarantee that the legislation they're cooking up would be signed into law despite the Speaker's announcement that House Democrats are working to protect the health and freedom of American women. It's always a good idea to take a closer look at how an app protects user data by reading their nutrition label or safety section in the Play Store. Perhaps the best solution is to not use a period tracking app in the first place.