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Periods For Profit And The Rise Of Menstrual Surveillance, Michele E. Gilman Apr 2021

Periods For Profit And The Rise Of Menstrual Surveillance, Michele E. Gilman

All Faculty Scholarship

Menstruation is being monetized and surveilled, with the voluntary participation of millions of women. Thousands of downloadable apps promise to help women monitor their periods and manage their fertility. These apps are part of the broader, multi-billion dollar, Femtech industry, which sells technology to help women understand and improve their health. Femtech is marketed with the language of female autonomy and feminist empowerment. Despite this rhetoric, Femtech is part of a broader business strategy of data extraction, in which companies are extracting people’s personal data for profit, typically without their knowledge or meaningful consent. Femtech can oppress menstruators in several …


Comments: Hipaa Confusion: How The Privacy Rule Authorizes "Informal" Discovery, Myles J. Poster Jan 2015

Comments: Hipaa Confusion: How The Privacy Rule Authorizes "Informal" Discovery, Myles J. Poster

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments: Newborn Screening Programs And Privacy: Shifting Responsibility From The Parent To The Laboratory, Michael D. Leeb Jan 2014

Comments: Newborn Screening Programs And Privacy: Shifting Responsibility From The Parent To The Laboratory, Michael D. Leeb

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments: Privacy At Risk: Patients Use New Web Products To Store And Share Personal Health Records, Juliana Bell Jan 2009

Comments: Privacy At Risk: Patients Use New Web Products To Store And Share Personal Health Records, Juliana Bell

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.