The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to abortion is likely to create a clash between state-by-state abortion restrictions and the patchwork of data privacy laws that are being legislated in the absence of a federal privacy law.
Privacy advocates sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media.
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