A spokesperson for Google told the Guardian that the company’s promised policy change has taken effect, without confirming exactly when it began. The spokesperson noted that “users can turn Web & App Activity off at any time, delete all or part of their data manually, or choose to automatically delete the data on a rolling basis.” But without thinking to manually make these adjustments, it appears that users who seek abortion care are still vulnerable to highly incriminating data being stored in their activity logs for months.
Source: Google Isn’t Deleting Users’ Abortion-Related Data, Despite Post-Roe Promise