Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 25, 2023
Protecting geodata is complicated, lawmakers find
Law enforcement officials warned that limiting access to geodata near abortion clinics would hurt investigations. Then came the investigation into the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic.
A lobbyist for the California District Attorneys Association warned last month that a bill intended to protect the geolocation and search data of abortion patients could also make it harder for police to investigate “a bombing of a Planned Parenthood.”
On Friday, a U.S. Attorney unsealed an indictment for the bombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County — a case built largely using cellphone geolocation data. Two of the three sus...
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