Facebook Is Ending Several Location Tracking Services: Here's Why And What Happens To Location Data
2 years, 8 months ago

Facebook Is Ending Several Location Tracking Services: Here's Why And What Happens To Location Data

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Meta-owned social media platform Facebook is discountinuing several of its services that tracked users’ real-time location due to “low usage," as recently spotted by 9to5Mac. Facebook services like Nearby Friends, weather alerts, location history, and background location are few of the services that the social media giant is shutting due to “low usage." As it states in the note to users, Facebook has said that it will continue collecting location information for other experiences to serve up relevant ads and locaation check-ins in line with its data. Facebook will otherwise continue collecting location information for other experiences as described in our Data Policy," Facebook’s message to users said.

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Facebook Is Shutting Down Two Features That Needs Your Location
2 years, 8 months ago

Facebook Is Shutting Down Two Features That Needs Your Location

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Apple says Facebook collects data without any regard for user privacy
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Trump administration wants to use Americans’ location data to track the coronavirus
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Facebook adds new privacy controls that lets you block background location tracking
5 years, 10 months ago

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5 years, 10 months ago

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India Today  

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