There is information about how the company will handle user data related to abortions.
The tech giant said on Friday that it would remove user data that confirmed a person traveled to an abortion center.
"Today, we're announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will remove these entries from Location History soon after they visit," Fitzpatrick wrote. The change will take effect in the near future.
If the government begins to seek personal information in order to charge people who have had abortions, decisions like these will be important.
Search history information can be used to prosecute women.
The Washington Post reported that police found the phrase "buying abortion pill online" in a woman's search history after they found a dead child in her bathroom.
After a patient's visit, it's not clear how long it will take for location and search history data to be deleted.
Online searches are not protected if you're pregnant. Let's hope more than a single tech company is willing to protect citizens.
People are stockpiling abortion pills and emergency contraceptives after the law changed.
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