Google will start removing abortion clinic visits from users’ location history | Engadget

Google will start removing abortion clinic visits from users’ location history

Amid data privacy concerns raised by the Supreme Court's overturning of, Google says it will remove abortion clinics and other facilities from users’ location history. Since the ruling, Google and other tech giants had largely

“Some of the places people visit — including medical facilities like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others — can be particularly personal,” Google writes. “Today, we’re announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit.

and security features in recent days as concerns mount that cycle tracking apps could become a target for law enforcement investigations.

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