Google will delete everything it knows about users’ previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users.



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New Delhi

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Delhi

India

Google Maps renames location history, empowers users with timeline: What it means

Google Maps plans to roll out the Timeline feature to all users till December 1, 2024. The feature aims to enhance privacy and data protection.

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Google Maps will no longer store your location history

Google Maps undergoes a privacy-focused overhaul, shifting to store location data on users' devices instead of servers. Renamed ‘Timeline,’ the feature allows users greater control over their data.

HT Media

Google Maps Location History: Reportedly, location history will now be called timeline and Google Maps will store it on on-device storage and not on cloud. Therefore, it will not be available if you access Maps on browser

Google Maps: Soon, you will not see location history timeline on web maps

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Business Standard Private Limited

This is a big win for privacy, but the web view is completely lost. Users have until December 1st to transfer their data.

Das ist ein großer Gewinn für die Privatsphäre, die Webansicht geht damit aber komplett verloren. User haben nun bis 1. Dezember Zeit, ihre Daten zu transferieren

Google speichert umstrittenen Standortverlauf künftig nur am Smartphone und nicht in der Cloud

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Oscar Bronner

Vienna

Austria

Google will save the controversial location history only on smartphones and not in the cloud in the future.

Google Maps will only store your “Timeline” location history on your mobile device starting December 1st, 2024. It will delete your data if you don’t opt in to the new settings by then.

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The Verge

Vox Media

United States

Google Maps is making a big privacy change to protect your location history

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Techmeme

California

Google will store Maps Timeline data locally on users' devices instead of their Google account starting December 1, after announcing the change in December 2023

Google Maps is killing Timeline on the web as it pushes users to only use the app to keep location data more private.

Gizmodo

G/O Media

Save Your Google Maps Timeline to Your Phone Before Its Too Late

Google Maps ‘Timeline,’ the location history feature, is getting a huge change

Mashable

J2 Global

Your Google Maps' ‘Timeline' data may soon be deleted on the web. Here's how to save it.

Google will delete everything it knows about users' previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users. From a report: The company's "timeline" feature -- previously known as Location History -- will still work ...

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Google To Start Permanently Deleting Users' Location History

A big change to Google Maps location history is continuing to roll out, and will see Your Timeline go away on the web...

Google to start permanently deleting users’ location history

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