Hey Google: Stop collecting and retaining location data and aiding abortion prosecutors.

In August 2022 and December 2023, I conducted research that concluded Google still collects and retains location data for visits to abortion clinics in violation of a July 2022 policy update designed to protect abortion seekers after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

I worked with my colleagues and the SOZE Agency to assemble a petition, assets, and influencer messaging urging Google to stop collecting location data and aiding abortion prosecutors. Celebrities and organizations could easily use our graphics, captions, and other messaging to direct their followers to our petition.

Notable social media engagement includes Instagram and Twitter posts from BUST Magazine, Color of Change, Cameron Russell, Francesca Fiorentini, Supermajority, and Fight for the Future.

In August 2022, I traveled from Cleveland, OH to a Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh, PA with a new, unused Android phone. I created a new test Google account and accepted all default privacy settings. More than 30 days after I completed this test, Go

After our Day of Action on social media, we flew a "Protect Abortion Privacy" banner around Google CEO Sundar Pichai's keynote speech at Google I/O 2023.

In December 2023, I used Google Maps to travel to a Planned Parenthood facility in NYC. In four out of the eight experiments we ran, the name of the Planned Parenthood was scrubbed from the Location History map, but the route itself was retained, con

Hey Google: Stop collecting and retaining location data and aiding abortion prosecutors.

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