Google says it’ll begin robotically deleting visits to abortion clinics, home violence shelters, weight reduction clinics, and different doubtlessly delicate areas from customers’ location histories within the coming weeks. In a blog post on Friday, the corporate says that the deletion will occur “soon after” the go to, as soon as its methods have recognized {that a} journey was made to one of many areas. This change is occurring within the wake of the Supreme Court rolling again Roe v. Wade, and a number of other states instantly transferring to outlaw abortions.

Google’s put up, entitled “Protecting people’s privacy on health topics,” additionally mentions that there’s an replace coming for Fitbit that can allow you to delete a number of menstruation logs directly should you’ve been utilizing the well being monitoring characteristic. Such logs might be used as proof in courtroom that somebody obtained an unlawful abortion.

While Google legally has to adjust to calls for for information (and might be compelled to show over these logs in the event that they exist), the corporate does reiterate that it’ll “continue to oppose demands that are overly broad or otherwise legally objectionable.” Google additionally says that it’ll notify customers when it provides their information to the federal government, except it’s been ordered not to take action or there’s a urgent safety concern.

You can, after all, flip off Google’s location logging altogether by following its instructions here.

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