By Nathalie Voit

Google, on July 1, said it was implementing new user privacy protections, including location history auto-delete and expanded user data protocols on apps.

The search engine giant said on Friday it was taking additional measures to safeguard users’ sensitive information from state and local governments, particularly in the realm of personal health.

According to a company blog post, Google will be clearing a person’s location history if their system identifies they have visited an abortion clinic or other medical facility. Google said it would also automatically delete entries to counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, and cosmetic surgery clinics.

“Today, we’re announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit,” Google’s senior vice president of core systems and experiences, Jen Fitzpatrick, wrote in the blog post.

Fitzpatrick said the changes will take place in the coming weeks.

Google noted that location history is an account setting that is off by default. Still, for those who turn it on, it is already possible to automatically and continuously delete your Location History via auto-delete controls.

In addition to erasing users’ location history, Google said it would support other efforts to safeguard privacy rights, including giving users more options to manage their personal data on popular devices and apps such as Google Fit and Fitbit.

According to the post, “Fitbit users who have chosen to track their menstrual cycles in the [fitness tracking] app can currently delete menstruation logs one at a time, and we will be rolling out updates that let users delete multiple logs at once.”

The news comes as Americans on all sides of the political spectrum have become deeply embroiled in a national debate over abortion. Google’s announcement follows the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to end the constitutional right to abortion on June 24.