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Apple says employees have reproductive health benefits, but lawmakers investigate apps – Apple

BEIJING, June 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on Friday that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case, allowing U.S. states to decree abortion,Following the verdict, Apple said employees could use company benefits to travel to other states to receive medical treatment.On the same day, US Democratic lawmakers accused Apple of allowing the collection and sale of personal information of cellphone users, calling on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the company.

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Apple says employees have benefited from it for more than a decade. “As we’ve said before, we support the right of our employees to make their own decisions about reproductive health. For more than a decade, Apple’s comprehensive benefits have enabled our employees to travel to other states when medical care is not available in our state. An Apple spokesperson said.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook remains silent for now.

The Supreme Court ruling has rattled the tech industry, which may have to turn over consumer pregnancy data to law enforcement.As states roll out laws restricting abortion, representatives from tech industry groups say they fear police have the power to obtain customer search histories, geographic locations and other information indicating interruptions in service. planned pregnancies.Prosecutors can also obtain the same information through a subpoena.

Four Democratic lawmakers, including U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, on Friday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple, accusing the company of allowing the collection and sale ofcellphoneThe personal information of the user, engaged in unfair and deceptive conduct.

In a letter to FTC Chairman Lina Khan, the lawmakers wrote that Apple was “deliberately facilitating these harmful practices by implanting advertising-targeted tracking identifiers into mobile operating systems.”


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Senator Warren

Apple recently took steps to limit the collection of user data through these mobile advertising IDs. An ID is a string of numbers and letters that Apple has built into iOS. Currently, Apple users can now choose not to pass their credentials to apps. Apple updated iOS last year to require every app to request the user’s permission to access the Device ID.

Apple and the FTC have yet to comment.

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