Since the revocation by the US Supreme Court at the end of June of the Roe vs. Wade judgment guaranteeing the protection of the right to abortion, many fears have emerged regarding the use of the personal data of American women.
Among the thirteen states that have made abortion illegal in recent months, some are trying to unmask pregnant women suspected of going to clinics practicing voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG).
In this hunt, some of the 13 states then began to turn to online data collection companies, but also to social networks, to try to obtain information on the geolocation and movements of users.
To fight against these abuses, the American competition authority, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), took a first major decision, by suing the company Kochava, which specializes in marketing data.
She accuses the American company…
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