REPRODUCTIVE DATA PRIVACY
As part of EthicalTech@GW’s commitment to advancing privacy protections within widely deployed technologies, we established our Reproductive Data Privacy Initiative to address the ways in which individuals’ reproductive data privacy is at risk, to monitor content integrity in abortion-related online information, and to convene experts to develop solutions to protect reproductive data privacy and content integrity.
Click to learn more about policies and other actions regulating your reproductive health and data.
A Student’s Guide to Reproductive Data Privacy
How can your reproductive data be used? Why should you protect your data? How can keep your data safe? We launched a guide to help educate students on how to protect their data and the importance of protecting reproductive data.
EVENTS
View our previous and upcoming events and recent event recaps here. You can also watch event recordings, including the most recent event that convened a remarkable group of experts on reproductive data privacy to discuss the most pressing issues facing us today. We are excited for you to watch!
OTHER RESOURCES
- Digital Defense Fund — tips to protect your reproductive data privacy – ENGLISH / SPANISH
- Electronic Frontier Foundation — tips for those involved in abortion access (written by Daly Barnett, May 4, 2022)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation — tips for those seeking an abortion (written by Daly Barnett, June 23, 2022)
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice — a guide to digital security for abortion/health care privacy (October 6, 2022)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — information on your reproductive rights, including information on patient privacy
*Updated 02/26/24.
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