According to Appleinsider, after a leaked draft opinion showed that the Supreme Court planned to overturn Roe v. Wade, US lawmakers asked apple and Google to help protect data that might be used against abortion seekers**
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On Friday, senators told Apple Tim Cook, CEO of the company, and sandar Pichai, CEO of Google, sent a letter. In this letter, senators expressed concern that some of the data collected, including health, biometrics, online activity and location, might be used to identify people who want abortion.
Senators have reason to be worried. Many applications collect information from users and sell it to data brokers, who in turn sell it to other parties.
According to the letter, since Texas is planning to pay bounties to residents who report abortions in other places, these brokers may also sell the data to anti abortion prosecutors or "even vigilantes".
The letter asked these companies to undertake to review and update their policies on the use and distribution of data to protect the safety of women seeking abortion.
The letter was signed by four Democratic senators, including Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Corey Booker of New Jersey, Ron Vuitton of Oregon, and Bernie Saunders, an independent senator from Vermont.