In June, Rep. Sarah Jacobs, D-Calif., and Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced a bill called the My Body, My Data Act that aims to protect women's information.
and states have sprung into action to restrict or ban abortion, some women have refused to use apps that track their fertility and menstrual cycles because they fear their data could be used against them.Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, some women have been refusing to use apps that track their fertility and menstrual cycles because they fear their data could be used against them
To date, just five states – California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia – have comprehensive consumer data privacy laws "Congress needs to step up and offer real protections for people seeking reproductive health care, and lots of people seek that care online," Wyden said in a statement. "It is just common sense that data brokers, tech companies and advertisers shouldn’t be able to put personal, sensitive information on the public auction block for anyone with a credit card"
She used an app called Flow Period and an ovulation tracker. Although she lives in a state unlikely to ban abortions, she decided using the app was too much of a risk. “I'm a young woman and like many people across the country, I use a period tracking app," Jacobs said.
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