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Google To Roll Out Auto-Delete Controls For Location History and Activity Data

Wednesday May 1, 2019. 08:00 PM , from Slashdot
Google has announced that it is giving users greater control over how long the company holds on to location history and activity data. From a report: A new time-limiting feature makes it possible to have information such as account activity and location data automatically deleted after a period of time. The privacy-focused move comes after feedback to Google which found users wanted the company to provide simpler ways to manage or delete the private data it holds. The announcement comes months after Associated Press reported that a number of Google apps store the timestamped locations of the devices on which they're installed.

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