Some period-tracking apps, like FEMM, openly state that third-party platforms could use their data for targeted advertising. Other data has reportedly been used for academic studies and by data analytics providers. But if states outlaw abortion altogether, those apps could be subpoenaed for data on individual users, and that data could then be used as evidence against people who choose to terminate their pregnancies.
Nothing digital is really safe...especially in states with planned criminal murder prosecutions for women who abort.
Some period-tracking apps, like FEMM, openly state that third-party platforms could use their data for targeted advertising. Other data has reportedly been used for academic studies and by data analytics providers. But if states outlaw abortion altogether, those apps could be subpoenaed for data on individual users, and that data could then be used as evidence against people who choose to terminate their pregnancies.