{"id":2962,"date":"2022-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/abortion-surveillance-in-a-post-roe-world-could-an-internet-search-lead-to-an-arrest\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:58","slug":"abortion-surveillance-in-a-post-roe-world-could-an-internet-search-lead-to-an-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/abortion-surveillance-in-a-post-roe-world-could-an-internet-search-lead-to-an-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion surveillance: in a post-Roe world, could an internet search lead to an arrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imminent end to legal abortion sparks concerns over how law enforcement might access data to prosecute patients and providers<\/p>\n<p>A leaked draft opinion suggesting the US supreme court may overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v Wade has renewed concerns over the ways US law enforcement could ask tech companies to hand over Americans&rsquo; data if they were to prosecute individuals getting or providing abortion services.<\/p>\n<p>Tech firms and data brokers already collect, store, and often sell years worth of information on their users. 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