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Will Garmin share period tracking data with anyone?

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over 2 years ago

Fitbit has announced that it will give US government and Law Enforcement agencies informationon women's period tracking.

If Garmin refuses to give this data I will be outfitting several family members with new watches.

Should Garmin decide to store period data in a way (unencryoted, not anonymous, traceable to a owner of a device) that a US court order could compel the company to give out tthis information, then I will be switchig to a different company and Garmin deserves the same backlash that will be coming for Fitbit on social media.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    All data you see in your account will always be connected to you and cannot be anonymous and untraceable. Otherwise you can't access it.

    So, it is impossible for Garmin to disconnect the user from the data.

    It is also hard to disobey a court order unless the court order is illegal in some way. Maybe requesting too much data etc. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I would be interested if you could share a link to the Fitbit statement about the "sharing of data".
    Are there any other statements of "why and under what conditions they would do this"?

    The US Supreme Court has made some disturbing moves against Roe vs Wade and I wonder if this is part of that.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to 4411990

    Fitbit's and Garmin's privacy policies are similar in this respect:

    From: https://www.fitbit.com/global/us/legal/privacy-policy#how-info-is-shared:

    "We may preserve or disclose information about you to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to assert legal rights or defend against legal claims; or to prevent, detect, or investigate illegal activity, fraud, abuse, violations of our terms, or threats to the security of the Services or the physical safety of any person."

    From: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/privacy/global/policy/:

    "We may process and disclose personal data about you to others: (a) if we have your valid consent to do so; (b) to comply with legal obligations, such as a valid subpoena, court or judicial order, or other valid legal process; (c) to enforce any of our terms and conditions or policies; or (d) as necessary to pursue available legal remedies or defend legal claims."

    BTW Garmin devices can be used without uploading fitness data, while still having smartwatch functionality and lots of connected features like sending CIQ apps, courses and workouts to the device.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Garmin’s privacy policy, in light of the war on women, is downright disappointing. Protect human rights!!