{"id":1546135,"date":"2022-07-09T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T23:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546135"},"modified":"2022-07-09T19:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T23:34:21","slug":"congress-launches-probe-of-companies-for-collecting-selling-data-on-pregnant-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-launches-probe-of-companies-for-collecting-selling-data-on-pregnant-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Launches Probe of Companies for Collecting, Selling Data on Pregnant Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-launches-probe-of-companies-for-collecting-selling-data-on-pregnant-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546135&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A congressional panel is investigating the collection and sale of data on pregnant women, with top Democrats expressing concern that the data could be misused to target women seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-abortion\">abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-carolyn-maloney\">Carolyn Maloney<\/a> (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, and two members of the panel, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) and Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) said the collection of the sensitive data \u201ccould pose serious threats to those seeking reproductive care as well as to providers of such care, not only by facilitating intrusive government surveillance, but also by putting people at risk of harassment, intimidation, and even violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeographic data collected by mobile phones may be used to locate people seeking care at clinics, and search and chat history referring to clinics or medication create digital bread crumbs revealing interest in an abortion,\u201d they wrote in letters to executives at 10 companies that have been involved in collecting and\/or selling the information in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The companies include SafeGraph, which sells mobile phone location data information from Planned Parenthood locations;\u00a0Placer.ai, which has offered similar data and heat maps showing where people who visit Planned Parenthood clinics reside; and Flo Health, which has shared sensitive health data from millions of users to other companies, including Facebook and Google<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood provides abortions across the country at its clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the location data is used to show advertisements for pregnancy centers, which encourage women not to get abortions. For example, a firm called Copley Advertising sent targeted ads for the centers to women sitting in waiting rooms in clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney and the other Democrats asked the companies to provide information on data collection and sharing by July 21, including all policies outlining the collection or purchase of location data information for specific locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Congress considers legislative reforms to ensure the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A congressional panel is investigating the collection and sale of data on pregnant women, with top Democrats expressing concern that the data could be misused to target women seeking abortion. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, and two members of the panel, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) and Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) 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