Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it ...

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices ...

Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google’s misleading Location History descriptions in Google Maps have earned it several lawsuits in ...

The Google Maps feature that keeps track of where you’ve been is switching to on-device only in December. The Google Maps feature that keeps track of where you’ve been is switching to on-device only ...

Even with GPS disabled, Google knows where you are. Here is how non-GPS tracking works and the steps you can take to secure ...

Google is rolling out a new Timeline menu on Android that lets you access your Google Maps location history. Google announced last year that it would no longer store your location history on the web, ...

The Australian Federal Court has ruled that Google "partially" misled users in the country when it comes to how it collects and uses location data. Justice Thomas Thawley has handed down his verdict ...

Google is working on improving Google Maps on multiple fronts, and in addition to new options for EVs on Android Auto, the company also wants to make it easier for users to distinguish their pins from ...

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