Google will remove users' location histories for trips to US abortion clinics.

Other locations from which Google will not keep location data include weight reduction clinics, fertility clinics, and facilities for the treatment of addictions.

United States: Google stated on Friday that it would erase users' location histories when they go to domestic abuse shelters, abortion clinics, or other locations where privacy is desired.

Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, stated in a blog post that "if our algorithms detect that someone has visited one of these venues, we will erase these entries from Location History shortly after they visit." In the upcoming weeks, this modification will go into effect.

Other locations from which Google will not keep location data include weight reduction clinics, fertility clinics, and facilities for the treatment of addictions.

The declaration comes a week after the US Supreme Court announced the historic decision to deny American women their constitutional right to an abortion, which sparked widespread protests across the nation and forced a dozen states to outlaw or severely restrict the operation.

In order to prevent law enforcement from using the data collected by Google and other digital firms for abortion-related investigations and prosecutions, activists and lawmakers have been urging them to do so.

Additionally, Fitzpatrick wanted to reassure customers that the business takes data protection seriously.

She said, "Google has a long history of fighting back against too broad requests from law enforcement, including opposing some requests outright.

We consider the privacy and security expectations of customers who use our goods, and we let them know when we abide by legal requirements.

Several conservative US states recently established legislation that provides the general public the power to sue physicians who perform abortions — or anybody who helps arrange them — raising concerns over smartphone data and reproductive rights even before the Supreme Court decision.

Because of this, a number of prominent Democratic legislators wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai in May pleading with him to cease collecting smartphone location data lest it be used by "far-right extremists aiming to crack down on those seeking reproductive health care."