Google stores location data 'even when users have told it not to'
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. So while switching that location history button off will stop the feature called "Your Timeline" from working, ads and other services provided by Google will still need to know where you are. With Location History off, Google Maps and other apps store your whereabouts in a section of your account called "My Activity," not "Location History." While disabling "Web & App Activity" will stop Google from storing location markers, it also prevents Google from storing information generated by searches and other activity. Sean O'Brien, a Yale Privacy Lab researcher with whom the AP shared its findings, said it is "disingenuous" for Google to continuously record these locations even when users disable Location History.
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