Used Flo Before 2019? You Could Get $96 If You File By October 15

If you logged a period or a pregnancy in the Flo app between late 2016 and early 2019, you may be owed money.

Flo Health, Google, and the analytics company Flurry have agreed to pay a combined $59.5 million to settle the Flo lawsuit, which accused them of letting users' reproductive health data flow to third parties without consent.^[1] The deadline to file a claim is Oct. 15, 2026. ^[2]

Class attorneys have estimated that 12 to 13 million people across the U.S. are eligible, including 1.4 to 1.6 million in California.^[3] That's roughly one in every 25 Americans, and a reminder that the free health apps on your phone may be sharing more than you think.

What happened in the Flo lawsuit

Flo is one of the most popular period and ovulation trackers in the world. People use it to log cycles, symptoms, sex, and pregnancy, and the app uses that information to predict what comes next.

The problem, according to the lawsuit, was who else was listening. Apps are often built with prewritten chunks of code called software development kits (SDKs), which big tech companies supply for things like analytics. The case, Frasco v. Flo Health, alleged that SDKs from Meta, Google, and others inside the Flo app let those companies eavesdrop on users' confidential health entries.

The settling companies split the bill three ways, according to The HIPAA Journal: Google is paying $48 million, Flo $8 million, and Flurry $3.5 million. None of them admitted wrongdoing.

Meta took a different route and went to trial. In August 2025, a federal jury in San Francisco found Meta liable for violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act, a state wiretapping law, by intercepting Flo users' menstruation and pregnancy data. Plaintiffs have asked for $5,000 per California class member, which Courthouse News reported could total nearly $8 billion. Meta has said it disagrees with the verdict.

This isn't Flo's first time answering for the same conduct. In 2021, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an order over allegations that Flo shared period and pregnancy information with the analytics arms of Facebook, Google, and others despite promising to keep it private. That order requires Flo to get users' permission before sharing health data. The settlement adds cash for the people whose data was shared.

How much can you get from the Flo settlement?

Carol Villegas, one of the attorneys representing the class, estimated the average recovery at $25 to $96 per claimant, with California claimants receiving double.

That figure came before the final claim count, however, which the settlement administrator is due to report to the court by Oct. 22. Until then, there is no set amount.

Each eligible claimant gets an equal share of what's left after fees and costs come out, according to the proposed settlements document. If you lived in California and used the app there during the class period, you get double the share of claimants elsewhere, because the state's privacy laws carry statutory damages.

Here's what comes off the top of the $59.5 million:

• Attorneys' fees of up to 32.5% of the fund (about $19.34 million)
• Up to $3.6 million in legal expenses
• Up to $155,000 in awards for the named plaintiffs
• Settlement administration costs

The rest is divided among everyone who files.

The number that matters most is how many people file. When the settlement administrator projected that only about 6% of eligible users would file, Judge Donato called that expected rate a "failure." Interest may be higher this time: by mid-August, the settlement website had logged more than 3.6 million unique visitors, according to the settlement administrator.

What the Flo lawsuit means for you, even if you never used Flo

Most people assume health data gets the same protection as a doctor's chart. It usually doesn't. Period trackers and other wellness apps generally aren't covered by HIPAA, the federal law that protects medical records, so the data you enter can be collected and shared in ways your doctor's office couldn't. We break down which apps handle this better in our guide to the most private period tracking apps.

The Flo lawsuit is about one app, but the same kind of tracking code shows up in fitness trackers, sleep apps, diet logs, and mental health tools. And Flo isn't the only period tracker to face this question recently. Researchers found another period app sharing users' health data as well.

Reproductive data is especially sensitive. It can show when a pregnancy started, whether it continued, and whether someone may have had a miscarriage. This information is especially sensitive for those who live in states that restrict abortion.

How to file a Flo settlement claim before Oct. 15

1. Confirm you qualify. You're in the nationwide class if you used the Flo app in the U.S. between Nov. 1, 2016, and Feb. 28, 2019, and entered menstruation or pregnancy information during that time. You're in the California subclass if you also used the app in California and lived there during that period. It doesn't have to have been your legal residence.
2. Check your inbox first. The administrator emailed notices to more than 3.3 million addresses tied to Flo accounts. Those emails include a Unique ID and PIN linked to your record. If you can't find one, you can still file.
3. File on the official site or by mail. Submit online at PeriodTrackerDataPrivacyLitigation.com by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Oct. 15, 2026, or mail a claim form postmarked by that date. Filing is free.
4. Save your confirmation. After you file online, the site displays a printable confirmation of your claim. If something's missing, the administrator will contact you and you'll have 20 days to fix it.
5. California claimants, have documentation ready. To get the double payment, you'll need to provide reasonable documentation that you lived in California during the class period. 

Other key dates: the deadline to object is Oct. 8, and the final approval hearing is Oct. 29. The window to exclude yourself closed in July 2025.

Bottom line: file your Flo lawsuit claim before Oct. 15

If you used Flo between November 2016 and February 2019 and logged your period or a pregnancy, the Flo lawsuit settlement owes you a share of $59.5 million. Class counsel estimates the average payment at $25 to $96, and double that in California.

The only way to get it is to file by Oct. 15. It takes a few minutes, and filing won't affect any future money from the Meta verdict. Once your claim is in, check what else about you is out there with a trusted data removal service.