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B.C. class action alleges period-tracking app breached users’ privacy

The ruling says the company’s Flo Health & Period Tracker app is available in more than 100 countries
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A woman checks her phone in Orem, Utah on Nov. 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rick Bowmer

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles.

The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

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