To Protect Abortion Services, Democrats Ask Google to Stop Saving Location Data

Google should stop collecting and saving location data in order to prevent “extremist prosecutors” from using the data to identify individuals obtaining abortions, Democrats wrote the company Tuesday. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and more than 40 Senate and House members signed the letter. Google’s data retention practices might “allow it to become a tool for far-right extremists looking to crack down on people seeking reproductive health care,” they wrote. Google didn’t comment.