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Author: Tatum Hunter
Publisher: The Washington Post
Year: 2022
Summary: This article from The Washington Post details Planned Parenthood’s removal of marketing trackers from its search pages related to abortions. Lockdown Privacy, the maker of an app that blocks online trackers, found that when users searched for an abortion provider and scheduled an appointment, Planned Parenthood shared data on those actions with third-party tracking companies, including Google, Facebook, and TikTok. This is significant because, in a criminal abortion case, law enforcement can trace IP addresses back to individuals. The article states that no data has been breached and discusses HIPPA’s data privacy regulations. Hunter also gives guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on protecting your health information when using an internet-connected device.