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Leaders of the House and Senate appropriations committees are facing pressure to increase funding for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division to aid the agency in bringing cases against the nation’s dominant tech companies, according to a letter sent Thursday. More than a dozen advocacy groups underscored the need for increased funding, based…
Tech Advocacy Groups Call for More DOJ Antitrust Funding
The company pledged to increase privacy for abortion seekers, but a study shows Google hasn’t followed through.
Eighteen months have passed since Google committed to wiping out all location data tied to users' visits to abortion clinics, a vow made in response to the Supreme Court's decision on federal abortion protections. Recent findings, however, reveal that Google has fallen short, still retaining location history data in 50% of cases.
Tech giant said it would delete entries for locations deemed ‘personal’ or sensitive, but 18 months later, it’s still retaining data in some cases