SafeGraph Lands US Air Force Contract After Targeting Abortion Clinics

The #data #broker made famous for #selling #location #data related to #abortion #clinic visits has signed a #contract with the US #Air #Force and plans to provide information about “sensitive places” and “adversary state-owned enterprises” around the world, according to records obtained by WIRED. The company, #SafeGraph, told the military that its data can be used for “analyzing human activity for landing zone selection,” as well as to identify hospitals, schools, and houses of worship to “help avoid collateral damage.”

https://www.wired.com/story/safegraph-us-air-force-location-data/

#SafeGraph Lands US Air Force Contract After Targeting #Abortion Clinics

Documents obtained by WIRED show SafeGraph, which sold location data related to #PlannedParenthood visits, is now pursuing contracts with the US Air Force.
#usaf #geoloc #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/safegraph-us-air-force-location-data/

Time to delete a couple of #apps from your #smartphone:

"a location data firm had been selling the private information of people visiting #abortion-providing clinics, including Planned Parenthood facilities.

#SafeGraph, the data company at the center of the report, not only obtained the location people visiting the clinics came from, but how long they stayed there—and even more disturbingly, where they went after leaving."

https://jezebel.com/a-data-firm-is-tracking-people-who-visit-abortion-clini-1848875722