Law enforcement may fully unleash its data collection tools on abortion
One major likely target is the information collected by Internet service providers, which privacy and civil liberties advocates say has historically been used by agencies to identify individuals, verify their location and connect them to relevant groups.
For women who may still seek abortions amid an expected wave of crackdowns later this year, that could mean that logging onto a health-care clinic’s WiFi or browsing related sites from your cellphone or desktop may create an opening for agencies to seize their data and mount a case.
“There's a long history of ISPs working relatively closely with law enforcement,” said
Justin Brookman, director of privacy and technology policy at Consumer Reports.