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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police

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Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

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Google is making some changes in Google Maps that will increase user privacy.

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Will the old data be removed from the Google servers?

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