Google has made a major change in its user tracking, a big leap in privacy concerns for users. Google will stop the nosy cloud storage of data it gets from tracking user location in real time.
The privacy change
Called Google Maps Timeline, from December, Google will save user location data for a maximum of 180 days. After the duration ends, the data will be erased from Google Cloud servers.
The new policy means Google can only save a user’s movements and whereabouts for 6 months, the user has an option to store the data on a personal device, but the cloud data will be permanently deleted from Google servers.
The new privacy change is welcomed, smartphones can balance privacy and convenience in terms of data storage, but nothing is more important than location data.
Users can change settings that suit them best, but the majority go with default settings. The problem here arises when Google uses user data for
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