Google Announces Deleting User History History of Medical Center Visits, Abortion Clinics

 Google Announces Deleting User History History of Medical Center Visits, Abortion Clinics

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The privacy policy modifications that will go into effect in the upcoming weeks will also affect counseling facilities, domestic violence shelters, maternity centers, and treatment centers. Google Office Irvine AaronP / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images Google announced Friday that it plans to clear local history data "soon" for users visiting medical facilities, including abortion clinics. The news, published by a technology company in a blog post and covering how it will handle user data in applications, follows a June 24 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. dismissing Roe v. Wade. "Some of the locations individuals go include medical institutions including counseling centers, domestic abuse shelters, abortion clinics, maternity homes, addiction treatment centers, weight loss centers, and clinics for cosmetic surgery, among others. - can be especially intimate," stated SVP Jen Fitzpatrick.. -Core Systems at Google, "he wrote in a post. The notification also stated that the modification will go into effect soon and that users who have enabled location history in the past may still have partial access to it or all of their data automatically deleted. The post also addresses concerns raised about the company’s collection of health technology companies, fertility and menstrual data. Users at Google Fit and Fitbit have access to settings and tools that make it simple to view, edit, and remove their personal data. any time," states an Alphabet Inc. company post. Reproductive health, abortion and privacy experts and promoters commented a week after Roe discarded that data from other reproductive health tracking apps that could be used to monitor, identify and assist women in states where abortions are illegal. Drs."Remove those reproductive apps now," tweeted Gina Neff, head of the Minderoo Center for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge. York Times, said the apps contain powerful information about birth control. that is now a threat. ” Directly indicating time tracking, the post notes that Fitbit users who "choose to track their menstrual cycles in the app" can delete logs to one time at a time. The announcement also confirmed that Google plans to release updates that allow users to "delete multiple logs at once." Google Play has rigorous guidelines for user privacy protection, including restrictions that forbid developers from selling sensitive and confidential user data and mandate that they handle that data. securely and for purposes directly related to app usage," according to the Fitzpatrick blog. Friday's statement does not specifically state whether Google will refuse to comply with U.S. law enforcement requests, courts, or prosecutors 'information about users' health information. Other time-tracking programs, such the European-based Clue, have already made comments stating that they won't be like "U.S.. A court or other authority may invalidate "European privacy law and" simply "cannot" call data from the U.S. “Since we are not based in the U.S..”) It provides users with the "additional steps" mentioned above to protect users' privacy in health matters and notes that the company "has long fought for a comprehensive U.S. and national security law that guarantees the protection of everyone." We understand that many individuals rely on Google to safeguard their personal information. We have been dedicated to this work for a long time, ”read the article.