Abortion rights activists are concerned about the personal data that tech companies collect from web searches, health apps and location trackers. They fear it could be used to track pregnancies if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
“The value of these tools for law enforcement is for how they really get to peek into the soul,” said Cynthia Conti-Cook, a lawyer and technology fellow at the Ford Foundation. “It gives the mental chatter inside our heads.”The digital trail only becomes clearer when we leave home, as location apps, security cameras, license plate readers and facial recognition software track our movements.
Jones contacted one such facility early in her Google search, before figuring out they did not offer abortions. The leaked draft suggests the Supreme Court could be ready to let states ban or severely restrict abortion through civil or criminal penalties. More than half are poised to do so. Abortion foes have largely promised not to punish women themselves, but instead target their providers or people who help them access services.
In Michigan, voters amended the state Constitution to prohibit police from searching someone’s data without a warrant. And in California, home to Silicon Valley,
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