Hi,
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, we need to step up
efforts to protect Americans who would be at risk of retaliation or
prosecution. [ [link removed] ]Will you sign this petition to urge Congress to protect
users' private personal data from falling into the hands of anti-abortion
forces?
A shady internet data broker called SafeGraph was caught selling data that
tracked people who visited a Planned Parenthood facility.^1 Under intense
public pressure they stopped selling it, but data brokers should never
have even been allowed to sell this personal information in the first
place.
Millions of Americans use apps to track their menstrual cycles. Now there
are concerns about the safety of the data on those apps.^2 We need
Congress to protect that data from being sold, especially to people who
might use it to go after people who seek abortion or other reproductive
services.
Thankfully, there's a bill in Congress that can help protect users'
private personal data – and Demand Progress has been leading the charge to
get it passed. It's called the 4th Amendment Is Not For Sale Act – and now
is the time to tell Congress to pass it!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to protect the privacy of your
personal data – especially those who use apps to track their monthly
cycles!
ADD YOUR NAME
We've already seen similar data be used to place Americans in harm's way.
In 2020, there was a public outcry when the company that made Muslim Pro,
an app that helps Muslims with daily prayers, was caught selling users'
data to brokers whose clients include U.S. military contractors.^2
It's bad enough that someone was selling the location data of people
who've visited a Planned Parenthood. If abortion is outlawed in any state,
it will create a market for law enforcement, government agencies, and
private individuals who oppose abortion to buy data that could track who
might seek abortion services.
Search engine history, phone and text message history, and even apps
designed to track menstruation cycles all collect data on our personal
lives. If that data is sold, it could make it harder to get an abortion or
protect the privacy of those who have obtained one.
Demand Progress has been a leader in fighting for your rights and privacy.
As part of that work, we're pushing Congress to pass the 4th Amendment Is
Not For Sale Act. The bill would prevent government and law enforcement
agencies from purchasing personal data from internet data brokers and 3rd
parties. Now this fight just took on a new urgency.
We've already laid the groundwork, meeting with members of Congress.
Remarkably for today's polarized times, we even secured bipartisan support
for the bill. Now it's your turn. Speak up and tell your members of
Congress to pass the 4th Amendment Is Not For Sale Act. This can't wait.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to protect personal data privacy and
pass the 4th Amendment Is Not For Sale Act!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Vice, "Data Broker SafeGraph Stops Selling Location Data of People Who
Visit Planned Parenthood," [ [link removed] ]May 4, 2022.
2. NPR, "How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v.
Wade climate," [ [link removed] ]May 10, 2022.
3. LA Times, "Muslims reel over a prayer app that sold user data: 'A
betrayal from within our own community'" [ [link removed] ]November 23, 2020.
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