Menstruation apps store excessive information, privacy charity says

Exclusive: Privacy International finds apps collect information on birth control habits or how hard it is for women to reach orgasm

Menstruation apps are unnecessarily storing personal data such as what medication women are on, their birth control habits and how hard women find it to reach orgasm, privacy campaigners have said.

A study of five leading apps by Privacy International, a UK-based charity, found that companies held intimate information on users including answers to questions about when they have yeast infections and how often they have sex or see a gynaecologist.