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Google tracks your location whether you like it or not
- Wednesday | 15th August, 2018
Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking. That’s because Location History isn’t the only tool Google uses to collect location markers. Most people know by now that Google can track not only your online activity, but also your physical location via Google Maps. On Android, the popup explains that “places you go with your devices will stop being added to your Location History map.” On the iPhone, it simply reads, “None of your Google apps will be able to store location data in Location History.” The iPhone text is technically true if potentially misleading. An investigative piece by Associated Press – which followed up on a blog post by a graduate researcher at UC Berkeley – found that a number of Google apps store location data even if users activate privacy settings telling Google not to do that.
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