Google collects your precise GPS location through its apps and services when location settings are enabled, stores this as a 'Location History' timeline, and uses it to improve and personalize services including advertising.
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Your precise physical movements — where you live, work, worship, receive medical care, or engage in political activity — can be inferred from location history, making this one of the most sensitive data categories Google collects.
The updated policy makes several material clarifications about how Google links your activity across websites and apps. It shifts from describing analytics tools in isolation to framing them as part …
Google can build a detailed map of everywhere you have physically traveled if Location History is enabled, and this data is used across Google services; this location data was the subject of a $391.5 million multi-state AG settlement in 2022 for deceptive location tracking practices.
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Uber collects precise or approximate location data from riders' and order recipients' mobile devices when the Uber app is running in the foreground (app open and on-screen) or background (app open but not on-screen) of their device. Uber collects this data from the time a ride or order is requested ...
We may collect the precise geographic location of your device when you use our services. We collect this information with your consent where required by law. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your device settings to disable location sharing.
When you visit the Careers portion of our websites, we collect the information that you provide to us in connection with your job application. This includes but is not limited to business and personal contact information, professional credentials and skills, educational and work history and other in...
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"The types of location information we collect depend in part on your device and account settings. For example, you can turn your Android device's location on or off using the device's settings app. You can also turn on Location History if you want to create a private map of where you go with your signed-in devices. And if Location History is on, our products may use it along with other information, to provide and improve a variety of services.— Excerpt from YouTube Ads's Google Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Precise geolocation data constitutes sensitive personal data under GDPR Art. 9 by inference (enabling identification of religious affiliation, health conditions, political activity) and is explicitly listed as sensitive data under CCPA/CPRA §1798.140(ae)(1)(F), requiring opt-in consent under CPRA. The FTC Act Section 5 applies to deceptive practices around location data disclosure. State AG enforcement authority is active in this area.
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Your precise physical movements — where you live, work, worship, receive medical care, or engage in political activity — can be inferred from location history, making this one of the most sensitive data categories Google collects.
Google can build a detailed map of everywhere you have physically traveled if Location History is enabled, and this data is used across Google services; this location data was the subject of a $391.5 million multi-state AG settlement in 2022 for deceptive location tracking practices.
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