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Your Phone Knows You’re at the Doctor, and Data Brokers Do, Too — Then Profit From It

The Federal Trade Commission told a data company it could no longer sell data it collected from hundreds of millions of Americans’ mobile devices when people visited hospitals, dialysis clinics, or abortion clinics. But little is stopping other companies from doing so. In the absence of federal protections, some states are passing their own rules.

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The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on Purpose

The campaign to defend access to transgender healthcare for young people in Missouri is taking an unhurried approach to talking with voters about how the ban on midterm ballots would play out.

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