Google to Delete Abortion-Clinic Visits From Location History

Google mentioned it will start robotically deleting visits to abortion clinics from its customers’ location historical past, a transfer that comes amid rising requires tech corporations to ramp up privacy controls within the wake of final week’s Supreme Court decision to get rid of the constitutional proper to an abortion.

The firm, a unit of Alphabet mentioned bodily places visited by customers of Google merchandise are saved within the location-history setting of their Google account. That setting is off by default, and placement information is simply saved for the individuals who have opted to flip it on, Jen Fitzpatrick, Google’s senior vp for core techniques and experiences, wrote in a blog post Friday.