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 ...

If you want to turn off the location history on Google, these are the steps that you can follow. The first thing is to go to your Google account. Just open the Google app on your phone or go to ...

Update, Dec. 19, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 20 now includes a new statement regarding inactive Gmail account deletion timelines from a Google spokesperson. I received an email from ...

Regular readers may recall my prior coverage of United States v. Chatrie, a case on the Fourth Amendment implications of collecting Google location history records—location records stored by Google ...

Google is making a big change to how it stores Location History data on Android and iOS. Instead of that data being stored in the cloud, Google will be locally saving Location History to your device ...

There’s a constant balancing act taking place on the smartphones that run our lives—privacy versus convenience. On the one hand, we can’t get enough of the easy-button lifestyle hacks that make ...

Google announced changes to the way it harvests your location data this week that will finally put a stop to its compliance with geofence warrants, a police surveillance technique that many say ...

Google is revamping its Maps app to safeguard user privacy by restricting access to location data, indicating a significant win for privacy advocates worldwide. This overhaul ensures that your ...