Action Alert
Privacy fears should never stand in the way of healthcare. That's why this common-sense bill will require businesses and non-governmental organizations to act responsibly with personal information concerning reproductive health care. Specifically, it restricts them from collecting, using, retaining, or disclosing reproductive health information that isn't essential to providing the service someone asks them for.
TELL Congress: Protect REPRODUCTIVE Privacy
This bill will protect data related to pregnancy, menstruation, surgery, termination of pregnancy, contraception, basal body temperature or diagnoses. It would protect people who, for example, use fertility or period-tracking apps or are seeking information about reproductive health services. In addition to the protections in this bill, it also allows states to add their own protections for their citizens.
The My Body My Data bill also lets people take on companies that violate their privacy with a strong private right of action. Empowering people to bring their own lawsuits not only places more control in the individual's hands, but also ensures that companies will not take these regulations lightly. Congress is expected to vote on this bill soon—tell them to vote yes.
TELL congress: Protect REproductive privacy
Yours,
Jason Kelley
EFF Activism Team
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