America's new abortion reality is turning tech firms' data practices into an active field of conflict — a fight that privacy advocates have long predicted and company leaders have long feared.
like "counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others."
That tracking happens even when you're logged into non-location-related Google services like YouTube, since Google long ago unified all its accounts.It's not clear how, and how reliably, Google will identify the locations that trigger automatic data deletion. One obvious target is medical info like period-tracking data, private text messages and emails and broader individual usage records like search queries and site visits.Tech giants grew big and rich by accumulating and monetizing gigantic hoards of personal user data that drove the industry's rise and shape everything it does — including marketing, ad targeting, AI research, content selection and more.
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