out how to stay private. for example, a lot of consumers in in the us use. tracking apps. there are many out there and they have very different privacy policies, they do very different things to protect peoples rights, so really do research on the part of consumers. research on the part of consumers. ~ , , ., consumers. when it comes to goo . le consumers. when it comes to google are consumers. when it comes to google are other consumers. when it comes to google are other companies, | consumers. when it comes to i google are other companies, the app developers, our data is part of the business model so arguably it is against their interest to remove too much of it. ~ ~ interest to remove too much of it. ~ ~ ., , ., it. well, i think that is a really good it. well, i think that is a really good point - it. well, i think that is a really good point and i it. well, i think that is a really good point and it| it. well, | think that is a | really good point and it is it. well, i thi
in the case of google, it does offer some tools if you go into its privacy settings, where you can ask it to not collect location data and not collect the history of your web searches or the websites you visit, but you have to go in and adjust that because if you don t by default it will hold onto that for 18 months, at least. in other cases though, it s a lot harder to figure out how to stay private. for example, a lot of consumers in in the us use period tracking apps. there are many different apps out there and they have very different privacy policies and do very different things to potentially protect people s data, so it really takes a lot of research on the part of consumers. when it comes to google or other tech companies, app developers, our data is part of the business model so arguably it s against their interest to remove too much of it. well, i think that s a really
a more secure alternative and response is to pass this constitutional amendment in november in michigan. there are also questions about the security of apps that track menstrual cycles, period tracking apps. we saw in 2019 the director of the missouri state health department admitted to having a spreadsheet tracking the menstrual periods of planned parenthood patients, this had to do with an investigation, i believe, in an abortion that failed. i believe that s what it was. the reason i raise it is because he was the health director was looking into the menstrual cycles of planned parenthood patients. are you concerned about these apps and the government tracking women s menstrual cycles to keep an eye on whether or not they re pregnant, et cetera? absolutely. and let s just tie that back to the first topic you mentioned, why would a hospital system in missouri be nervous about
some reforms of our government as a whole to make sure people are able to trust that their government is actually representing them. so, you would support, then, expanding the court? how it of an appetite do you think there is in your caucus, on the house side? i think there are a lot of different proposals being discussed right now. adding four justices, potentially making it a 15 person court, with different ways to appoint, having term limits. i think all of these things are actively being discussed. i think that there is a real acknowledgment, that s something fundamental and structural needs to change. because the majority of the justices on the supreme court were appointed by a president who did not win the popular vote, and confirmed by a senate which does not represent the majority of americans. he recently injuries the my body my did act which links to some of what we heard just before we came to you, congresswoman, from people in the court who are talking about privacy.
same ones who funded this right-wing gene, putting these justices in place. because they wanted tax breaks, and they wanted a corporate friendly supreme court. so we cannot let them off the hook just by having them do this nice thing. we need them to use their real political power to make sure that they are protecting the rights of their workers. and that means not expanding into states where abortion is going to be illegal, not doing conferences and other things in these states. we saw that was very successful to overturn the bathroom laws in north carolina. and there is a lot more that we need companies to do, especially because we know so many of them were complicit in the situation that we are in right now. before i have to let you, go i will be remiss to not ask you about the spill that you have proposed. this bill that would protect sensitive reproductive data that women put into period tracking apps. you just mentioned this a few minutes ago. what is the status of this legisla