Update, Dec. 19, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 20 now includes a new statement regarding inactive Gmail account deletion timelines from a Google spokesperson. I received an email from ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users' individual location histories, cutting off its ability to respond to law enforcement warrants that ...

Google is making some big changes to Maps that will affect anyone who uses the app to plan trips, get directions, and access previous destinations. In a recent help page update, the company revealed ...

Google has effectively ended the practice of "geofence warrants," where Location History in Google Maps could be obtained by law enforcement. On Wednesday, Google announced it would soon change the ...

Google has announced a change to how it handles user location data, and for once, it's a clear win for privacy. The Google Maps mobile app will no longer send your location history to the cloud—it'll ...

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 ...

Google Maps, who are you? I'm incredibly surprised to see Google come up with privacy features I'd expect from a competitive navigation app. Not the search giant that makes billions of dollars each ...