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Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

Google Maps, who are you? I'm incredibly surprised to see Google come up with privacy features I'd expect from a competitive navigation app. Not the search giant that makes billions of dollars each ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Data, Analytics and AI Strategy Advisor and Researcher For the past two decades, location data has helped fuel the digital economy ...

Find out how the upcoming changes to Google Maps' location data controls could affect analytics data for businesses and advertisers. On-device Timeline storage is coming to Google Maps for enhanced ...

Google is making some big changes to Maps that will affect anyone who uses the app to plan trips, get directions, and access previous destinations. In a recent help page update, the company revealed ...

Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google’s misleading Location History descriptions in Google Maps have earned it several lawsuits in ...

Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored directly on user devices. Google itself will no longer have access to the data. This also means law enforcement won't be able to request it ...

I've been an iPhone user for a long time, and I'm very mindful of who I share my location with or what apps and services get access to location data. I block apps from tracking me, and I do not share ...

On Wednesday, Google announced it would soon change the way it would store and access users’ opt-in “Location History” in Google Maps, making the data retention period shorter, and making it ...

To remove location data from photos: On Windows, right-click the image, go to Properties > Details, and select “Remove Properties and Personal Information.” On macOS, use the ImageOptim app. For ...

Whether you’re someone who’s chronically online or more of a modern luddite, the reality is that data on where you eat, sleep, shop, and hangout is up for grabs. We now carry tiny computers with us ...