Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that the state ”“ working with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general for Oregon and the District of Columbia ”“ obtained a $100,000 settlement with Easy Healthcare Corp. over data sharing and privacy practices associated with the company”™s “Premom” ovulation tracking app.
Easy Healthcare is an online provider of home healthcare products such as thermometers and pregnancy tests. In August 2020, the International Digital Accountability Council (“IDAC”) raised concerns that the company”™s “Premom” app shared sensitive user data with third parties through software development kits integrated within the app ”“ including two China-based companies.
Connecticut will receive $33,333 from the settlement and Easy Healthcare agreed to implement and maintain new privacy and information security programs.
“Given the intimate health data that apps like Premom collect and what that may reveal about when a pregnancy starts or stops, it is critical that user information is kept safe and private,” said Tong. “Our settlement forces Easy Healthcare to adopt strict privacy requirements to ensure that its users”™ information is appropriately protected.”
Photo courtesy Easy Healthcare Corp.
