Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already
to determine the type of web trackers the pharmacies use. It found at least nine of the websites that sell abortion medication also collect and share data about their customers, including other websites they visited, search terms used, general location, and general device information.
The data is essentially shared with online tools that the websites use to track visitor numbers and traffic patterns, provide live-chat support, and the like. "The nine sites are also sending data to Google that can potentially identify users, ProPublica's analysis found, including a random number that is unique to a user's browser, which can then be linked to other collected data," the investigative non-profit's report claimed.The nine pharmacies are: Abortion Ease, BestAbortionPill.com, PrivacyPillRX, PillsOnlineRX, Secure Abortion Pills, AbortionRx, Generic Abortion Pills, Abortion Privacy and Online Abortion Pill Rx.
While EFF hasn't yet seen any cases of law enforcement agencies using this type of data to prosecute abortion seekers or providers, Quintin said"my concern is that in the future someday data stored by Google, Facebook, and big tech in general could be used to carry out dragnet searches and prosecutions of women who have sought out abortions or other reproductive care."
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