The research reveals that most users have only a partial understanding of what personal data is being collected. While 51.4 percent said they knew some of the data items collected, only 21.1 percent ...

Google Maps users have been urged to act now to avoid permanently losing their important data. Starting next year, the popular navigation app will begin deleting users' personal Timeline from its ...

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 ...

Find out how the upcoming changes to Google Maps' location data controls could affect analytics data for businesses and advertisers. On-device Timeline storage is coming to Google Maps for enhanced ...

If you later choose a cloud backup for your location history, it will be encrypted end-to-end so no one, not even Google, can access it without your involvement. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

Google Maps has recently started collecting data from dashcams specifically to improve navigation by "detecting and verifying real-world changes." The company never talked about this system publicly, ...

Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored directly on user devices. Google itself will no longer have access to the data. This also means law enforcement won't be able to request it ...

The ruling in the Google antitrust trial has led to a host of hard-to-answer questions about the future of Google's search ...

Matthew Zucca, a tech enthusiast and former consultant from Canada, joined Android Police in 2023. Leveraging his technical knowledge and previous consulting experience, Matthew got his first two ...

Google said Tuesday it will accept the South Korean government's security requirements to remove coordinates for the Korean region from its map in order to secure approval to export high-precision map ...

Millions visit South Korea each year, a tech-friendly tourist haven. There’s just one problem: Google Maps doesn’t work there ...