Counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, fertility centers and addiction treatment facilities are also among those impacted by the privacy policy change that will take effect for in the coming weeks.
The announcement also confirmed that the change will take effect in the coming weeks and noted that users who have previously enabled location history have the ability to have some or all parts of their data auto-deleted. The post additionally addresses concerns raised around tech companies collection of health, fertility and menstruation data.
“For Google Fit and Fitbit, we give users settings and tools to easily access and control their personal data, including the option to change and delete personal information, at any time,” the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary’s post read. Reproductive health, abortion and privacy experts and advocates noted in the week after Roe’s overturning that data from certain reproductive health tracking apps could be used to surveil, identify and help arrest women in states where abortions have become illegal. Dr.