New publication: "Data Protection, Privacy and Reproductive Rights in Femtech: Evidence from Play Store User Reviews"
The paper " Data Protection, Privacy and Reproductive Rights in Femtech: Evidence from Play Store User Reviews," in the Springer journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy " was recently published. This study places Femtech users' voices at the centre of the analysis. Drawing on 89,738 reviews from 20 Femtech applications available on the Google Play Store, we explore how users experience and understand issues related to data protection, privacy, and reproductive rights. To do so, we combined three complementary methods: a domain-specific keyword list, structural topic modelling, and qualitative analysis. Our findings show that users often value period-tracking and pregnancy-related features, but concerns frequently arise around the commercialisation of intimate data. We also found that medical inaccuracies, misinformation, and limited options for tracking experiences such as miscarriage or pregnancy loss can undermine reproductive rights. At the same time, Fem...
