Data brokers amass profiles of pregnant women – and, of course, it's all up for sale
There are some 1,200 data brokers in the US, according to digital privacy startup Hush co-founder and President Lynn Raynault."The number one common data broker trait is that they have zero regard for the privacy of the individuals they collect data on and most often have no regard for who purchases that information," she told"In a post Roe v. Wade world, this information can be used against people seeking abortions as well as those providing abortions," Raynault added.
This poses a number of threats of varying degrees, she continued. On a basic level, this could lead to"In essence, the folks who once picketed outside Planned Parenthood could instead go directly to a person's home, either the abortion seeker or provider," Raynault said. However, selling access to a profile's location, health care, and purchase data could have more serious consequences in states like Texas, which now has a law on the books that allows any citizen who successfully sues an abortion provider, a health center worker, or anyone who helps someone access an abortion after six weeks to"In places like Texas that have on record an abortion vigilante law, you could easily imagine this empowering mob rule," Raynault said.
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