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A review of 23 women's health apps found 87% shared user data with outside firms. The main US rule that covers them orders breach disclosure — it does not stop the sharing.
An audit of 17 manufacturers' privacy policies found transparency the weakest area, with wide variation between brands. The data these devices generate largely falls outside HIPAA and GDPR's clinical protections.
It is a medical-device biocompatibility standard, now built largely on lab-grown skin rather than animals. It measures whether a material irritates. It says nothing about whether a product works.
FTC staff guidance is explicit: an honest testimonial is not evidence. The advertiser still needs competent and reliable science for the claim the testimonial implies.
Most textiles sold as bamboo are rayon made from bamboo, and US regulators have said so for over a decade. In 2022 the FTC put a $5.5 million price on the difference.