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State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health facilities. Medical records are protected by a federal privacy law, but information collected by a lot of apps is not and state legislation is trying to close that gap. Data privacy ihas been a growing concern since the.Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and state abortion bans started kicking in. The Federal Trade Commission has also been using a ban on deceptive practices to sue data brokers.

State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health facilities.

Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals' reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator's report earlier this month offered a new jolt by describing how cellphone location data was used to send millions of anti-abortion ads to people who visited Planned Parenthood offices.

State governments across the US are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health facilities.

State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would block the sale of personal health data or information about who visits sensitive sites such as sexual health