> There are fears that menstrual tracking apps could be used to punish those seeking a termination.
That sounds extremely far fetched. It makes much more sense that the police would go after abortion clinics rather than buy menstruation data and try to calculate whose pregnancy ended due to illegal reasons.
Similarly, the government had access to "anonymised" unanonymisable data. They could have used the data to catch those who broke lockdown. But for the most part they went after businesses who stayed opened.
That sounds extremely far fetched. It makes much more sense that the police would go after abortion clinics rather than buy menstruation data and try to calculate whose pregnancy ended due to illegal reasons.
Similarly, the government had access to "anonymised" unanonymisable data. They could have used the data to catch those who broke lockdown. But for the most part they went after businesses who stayed opened.