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Google should limit location data collection to protect abortion seekers, US lawmakers say

Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 2 developments

CNN, HLN By Brian Fung, CNN Dozens of Democratic lawmakers urged Google on Tuesday to limit the amount of location data it collects and keeps on its users amid fears the information could be used against abortion seekers. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai led by Oregon Democratic Sen.

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  1. Democrats Urge Google to Stop Collecting Location Data That Could Be Used to Identify People Seeking Abortions

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

  2. Newest

    Google should limit location data collection to protect abortion seekers, US lawmakers say

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

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  1. MyNorthwest

    Democrats: Google must protect privacy of abortion patients (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary collection and retention of people's location data,

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Democrats ask Google to protect abortion-patient privacy (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop what they see as the unnecessary collection and retention of peoples' location data. They're concerned it could be

  3. NBC Chicago

    Democrats Urge Google to Stop Collecting Location Data That Could Be Used to Identify People Seeking Abortions (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    The letter comes after a Supreme Court draft decision that would reverse Roe v. Wade was published by Politico.

  4. Insider

    Bernie Sanders, AOC, and 40 other Democrats ask Google to stop collecting location data so 'far-right extremists' can't use it to identify who has had an abortion (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Google said it got 11,554 requests in 2020 to share geographical data with law enforcement. It did not say how many requests it complied with.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Google should limit location data collection to protect abortion seekers, US lawmakers say (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    CNN, HLN By Brian Fung, CNN Dozens of Democratic lawmakers urged Google on Tuesday to limit the amount of location data it collects and keeps on its users amid fears the information could be used against abortion seekers. In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai led by Oregon Democratic Sen.

  6. France 24

    Google urged to stop location tracking to protect privacy of abortion seekers (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    A group of US Democratic lawmakers urged Google on Tuesday to stop collecting smartphone location data that could be used to identify women who have had abortions.

  7. Engadget

    Lawmakers ask Google to stop collecting location data before reversal of abortion rights (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    They're worried that user data could be used as a tool against people seeking abortions..

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