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'''Flo''' '''Health''', typically shortened to '''Flo''', is a health company founded in Belarus; currently located in the United States, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, and Lithuania, but available worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Magistretti |first=Bérénice |date=11 Aug 2017 |title=Flo raises $5 million for its AI-powered period-tracking app |url=https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/flo-raises-5-million-for-its-ai-powered-femtech-app/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |work=[[Venture Beat]]}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 Aug 2025 |title=About Flo |url=https://flo.health/about-flo |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=flo.health}}</ref> Their flagship product is an app, named '''Flo''', designed for period-tracking and pregnancy-tracking. As of Aug. 2025, Flo boasts 68m monthly active users and 380m downloads internationally. <ref name=":0" />

{{CompanyCargo

|Founded=2015

|Industry=Health

|Type=Private

|Website=https://www.flo.health

|Website=[https://www.flo.health/ flo.health]

}}

|Logo=Flo-logo.png}}

==Incidents==

===Selling Data to Meta (2016-2025)===

Since 2016, it has been alleged that Flo was sending user's private health information to [[Meta]]. Flo has denied these claims, yet an investigation led by journal Privacy International included them in a group of 36 period-tracking apps which sent data through [[Facebook]]'s Facebook Software Development Kit (SDK); whether or not the user has an account with Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web |date=09 Sep 2019 |title=No Body's Business But Mine: How Menstruation Apps Are Sharing Your Data |url=https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3196/no-bodys-business-mine-how-menstruations-apps-are-sharing-your-data |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=privacyinternational.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Feb 2019 |title=Period tracking app says it will stop sharing health data with Facebook |url=https://mashable.com/article/flo-period-tracking-app-will-stop-sharing-data-with-facebook?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=mashable.com}}</ref>

==~~Consumer-impact summary~~==

=== FTC Files Complaint Against Flo (June 22, 2021) ===

According to an FTC complaint filed against Flo in 2020, the company shared private and intimate data of individuals to: [[Google]], Meta, AppsFlyer, and Flurry, without users' consent. <ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Jun 2021 |title=Flo Health, Inc. |url=https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/1923133/flo-health-inc |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=ftc.gov}}</ref>

==~~Incidents~~==

=== Class Action Lawsuit (2024) ===

The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, certified a class action lawsuit against Flo due to the findings and allegations of selling personal data without consumer consent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schmunk |first=Rhianna |date=08 Mar 2024 |title=Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/flo-health-privacy-class-action-1.7137600c |url-status=live |work=[[CBC Canada]]}}</ref>

~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~

=== Lawsuit in California (2025) ===

===~~Example incident one~~ (~~''date''~~)===

A jury in California unanimously agreed that Flo violated the privacy rights afforded to California users by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for mishandling the data between non-consenting parties. <ref>{{Cite web |date=04 Aug 2025 |title=Frasco v. Flo Health, Inc. - Jury Verdict — Document #756 |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/55370837/756/frasco-v-flo-health-inc/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=courtlistener.com}}</ref>

~~{{Main|link~~ to the ~~main article}}~~

~~Short summary of the incident~~ (~~could be~~ the ~~same as the summary preceding the article)~~.

===~~Example incident two (''~~date~~'')=~~==

...

==Products==

~~{{Ph-C-P}}~~

~~==See~~ also==

* Flo App - An app for tracking a woman's menstrual cycle; also used for tracking pregnancies.<ref name=":0" />

~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

==References==

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+'''Flo''' '''Health''', typically shortened to '''Flo''', is a health company founded in Belarus; currently located in the United States, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, and Lithuania, but available worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Magistretti |first=Bérénice |date=11 Aug 2017 |title=Flo raises $5 million for its AI-powered period-tracking app |url=https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/flo-raises-5-million-for-its-ai-powered-femtech-app/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |work=[[Venture Beat]]}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 Aug 2025 |title=About Flo |url=https://flo.health/about-flo |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=flo.health}}</ref> Their flagship product is an app, named '''Flo''', designed for period-tracking and pregnancy-tracking. As of Aug. 2025, Flo boasts 68m monthly active users and 380m downloads internationally. <ref name=":0" />
 {{CompanyCargo
 |Founded=2015
 |Industry=Health
 |Type=Private
-|Website=https://www.flo.health
+|Website=[https://www.flo.health/ flo.health]
-}}
+|Logo=Flo-logo.png}}
-{{Ph-C-Int}}
+==Incidents==
+===Selling Data to Meta (2016-2025)===
+Since 2016, it has been alleged that Flo was sending user's private health information to [[Meta]]. Flo has denied these claims, yet an investigation led by journal Privacy International included them in a group of 36 period-tracking apps which sent data through [[Facebook]]'s Facebook Software Development Kit (SDK); whether or not the user has an account with Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web |date=09 Sep 2019 |title=No Body's Business But Mine: How Menstruation Apps Are Sharing Your Data |url=https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3196/no-bodys-business-mine-how-menstruations-apps-are-sharing-your-data |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=privacyinternational.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Feb 2019 |title=Period tracking app says it will stop sharing health data with Facebook |url=https://mashable.com/article/flo-period-tracking-app-will-stop-sharing-data-with-facebook?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=mashable.com}}</ref>
-==Consumer-impact summary==
+=== FTC Files Complaint Against Flo (June 22, 2021) ===
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}
+According to an FTC complaint filed against Flo in 2020, the company shared private and intimate data of individuals to: [[Google]], Meta, AppsFlyer, and Flurry, without users' consent. <ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Jun 2021 |title=Flo Health, Inc. |url=https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/1923133/flo-health-inc |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=ftc.gov}}</ref>
-==Incidents==
+=== Class Action Lawsuit (2024) ===
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
+The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, certified a class action lawsuit against Flo due to the findings and allegations of selling personal data without consumer consent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schmunk |first=Rhianna |date=08 Mar 2024 |title=Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/flo-health-privacy-class-action-1.7137600c |url-status=live |work=[[CBC Canada]]}}</ref>
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
+=== Lawsuit in California (2025) ===
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
+A jury in California unanimously agreed that Flo violated the privacy rights afforded to California users by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for mishandling the data between non-consenting parties. <ref>{{Cite web |date=04 Aug 2025 |title=Frasco v. Flo Health, Inc. - Jury Verdict — Document #756 |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/55370837/756/frasco-v-flo-health-inc/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 Aug 2025 |website=courtlistener.com}}</ref>
-{{Main|link to the main article}}
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
-...
 ==Products==
-{{Ph-C-P}}
-==See also==
+* Flo App - An app for tracking a woman's menstrual cycle; also used for tracking pregnancies.<ref name=":0" />
-{{Ph-C-SA}}
 ==References==