Episode 18: Femtech - Women’s Health Data in a Post Roe V. Wade World

Aug 15

**Bethany Corbin**
Healthcare Innovation &
FemTech Startup Attorney
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FemTech, or Female Health Technology - which includes apps such as period-trackers, is experiencing unprecedented growth. But, nowhere is this podcast’s tagline “How Life Affects Data and How Data Affects Life” more relevant in this industry (in the shadow of the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe V. Wade, earlier this year).

In this episode, I talk to Bethany Corbin, a FemTech Innovation and Data Privacy Attorney, about the FemTech industry and its challenges in a post Roe V. Wade world, what kind of data these apps collect, unique data privacy concerns, and how these were effected by Dobbs. Additionally, we look into calls to delete period-tracking apps. Bethany discusses some actual cases of data privacy violations. She also gives a few tips on how to vet such apps to make sure they are compliant with stringent privacy standards. We also touch on data and aggregation and also utilizing data in this space.