Period Tracking App Refuses To Disclose Data to American Authorities
The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection.
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The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has blocked a bill in the state that would have banned law enforcement from enforcing search warrants for menstrual data stored in tracking apps on mobile phones or other electronic devices, according to the Houston Chronicle. And other states have passed or attempted to pass bills that would require medical care facilities and providers to report why women received abortions, as well as other personal information.
Newsweek has reached out to Clue, the Trump campaign and Youngkin for comment via email.
In a statement on TikTok, female and male staff members at Clue, based in Berlin, stand together with arms crossed, along with a text on screen that reads: "We have never and will never disclose any member's private health data to any authority. If we are ever subpoenaed, we will not comply."
Clue's video has since gone viral on TikTok and gained 160,000 likes, more than 6,000 bookmarks, and nearly 1,500 comments.
In a statement online yesterday from Clue, CEO Rhiannon White said, "Clue was created to give you the ability to build your own cycle health record and to be able to use it to gain invaluable insights to help give you agency when it comes to your menstrual and reproductive health.
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