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By Rose Horowitch

Three House lawmakers are launching an investigation into the collection and sale of personal health data related to abortion by data brokers and period-tracking apps.

The U.S. House Oversight Committee is probing a collection of period tracking apps and data brokers in light of emerging concerns about how private health data might be weaponized in the dawning post-Roe v. Wade era. The committee issued letters today to data brokers SafeGraph, Babel Street, Digital Envoy, Placer.ai and Gravy Analytics and app […]

A U.S. congressional committee has asked data brokers and personal health apps to tell how they handle users reproductive health data amid concerns states will use the information to track patients

The lawmakers expressed concern about how the data could be used, including by private 'bounty hunters' seeking to sue abortion providers for violating various states' anti-abortion laws.

Three House lawmakers are launching an investigation into the collection and sale of personal health data related to abortion by data brokers and period-tracking apps.

Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many of the mobile apps on our cell phones track our movements with great precision and frequency. Data...

/PRNewswire/ -- Digital Element, the global IP geolocation and audience insights leader, today announced the launch of Nodify™, a threat intelligence solution...

Digital Envoy Continues “Data for Impact” Initiative to Help Non-profit and Research-based Organizations Address Global Issues...

The company formerly known as X-Mode is now part of a federal government contractor that sells location data quietly harvested from apps.