The companies have been asked to make sure apps on their platforms ‘do not employ data practices that threaten the wellbeing of individuals seeking abortion services.’
Democratic senators from Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont, and New Jersey have sent letters to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook asking them to limit the amount of data apps on their platforms are allowed to collect in a bid to protect people seeking abortions.
«Following the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade», the senators say, «we are concerned that anti-abortion prosecutors and other actors will attempt to access and leverage personal information—including data regarding location, online activity, health, and biometrics—in ways that threaten the wellbeing of those exercising their right to choose.
