Google will pay $93 million to settle allegations that the company used location data without informed consent, violating California's consumer protection laws.

The company’s Timeline in Google Maps offers a detailed look at where you’ve been. Soon, you’ll have more control over that data.

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 ...

Data from the Timeline feature in Google Maps, which is controlled by the Location History setting and keeps a record of routes and trips users have taken, will soon be stored directly on users ...

Home > Phones Google Will Stop Collecting Maps Location Data So Police Can't Access It Google's Maps location history was just too juicy a target for law enforcement.

The tech company's new location data policy may have killed an investigation tactic used by police to monitor people's locations, feared for its potential use against protestors and abortion seekers.

Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data.

A cool free tool creates a heat map of your Google Maps movement data in no time at all. You can immediately see where you spend most of your time and where you rarely go.

The practice of law enforcement tapping Google and other tech giants' banks of users' location data was first revealed in 2019.

Google Maps is improving your location data privacy - but there's a catch.