Americans for Privacy defends a simple principle: Your data is your own Grounded in the right to privacy, we protect your ability to make personal health and data decisions free from political or corporate interference.

The Problem

In an age when personal data is constantly tracked, sold, and exploited, we help you take back control. We champion every individual’s freedom to make private medical choices, access the treatments they need, and live their digital lives free from surveillance and abuse.

The personal details you share at the doctor’s office are protected by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But that’s not always true for the personal information you share with period tracking apps, online services that offer generic prescriptions like Ozempic and Viagra, and online mental health providers: They set their own rules – and then break them with impunity. Americans cannot rely on Big Tech to police itself. There must be a comprehensive, nationwide standard for data privacy.

Your personal data can be sold.

Menstrual cycles, prescriptions, and mental health info can be sold to the highest bidder.

Data brokers know a lot about you.

Your personal details are packaged and sold, fueling targeted ads and even discrimination.

Real-life harm could happen.

Think prenatal ads after pregnancy loss—or states could comb through period trackers to prosecute abortions.

Offline life could be affected, too.

Personal health data could impact jobs, insurance, healthcare, and even your credit score.

Americans for Privacy defends a simple principle: Your data is your own Grounded in the right to privacy, we protect your ability to make personal health and data decisions free from political or corporate interference.