Access Now – Your body, your data: data-veillance and reproductive rights in a post-Roe world

Date

Time

Location

Rayburn House Office Building: 2045 (B340)

45 Independence Ave SW

Washington, DC 20515

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Your body, your data: data-veillance and reproductive rights in a post-Roe world

Date: September 28, 2022
Time: 12 PM – 1 PM ET
Location: Rayburn House Office Building: 2045 (B340) + Zoom

In the wake of the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade, data privacy and reproductive rights experts have good reason to be alarmed. Abortion can now be criminalized in a growing number of states. Further, in today’s world our private lives are constantly surveilled and monetized. This means that everything from our whereabouts to our online search histories — from visiting Planned Parenthood to downloading a period app — is a tool that can be sold and weaponized against us.

Join this briefing where we will unpack what the Supreme Court ruling means for our human rights and digital safety, and where we go from here. Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person.

Registration deadline for both in-person and virtual attendance is September 26.

Speakers:

  • Lydia X.Z. Brown, Policy Counsel, Privacy and Data Project, Center for Democracy and Technology (they/them)
  • Adonne Washington, Policy Counsel, Data, Mobility, & Location, Future of Privacy Forum (she/her)
  • Sara Collins, Senior Policy Counsel, Public Knowledge (she/her)
  • Additional speakers to be confirmed