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The Latest on Google's location-tracking settings (all times local): 3 p.m. Lawmakers are vowing to step up their oversight of the data collection practices of giant technology companies after an ...

Location tracking can be incredibly useful—it's great when an app can quickly show you nearby restaurants or gas stations. However, it also raises privacy concerns that some of Google’s competitors ...

As a quick review, crowdsourced location tracking leverages network-connected devices (Android or iOS/iPadOS) that know where they are from GPS, cellular, and Wi-Fi positioning. Items without a ...

Where you lead, Google will follow. The company can log your searches, watch history, and activity across various services, and while that might sound handy for looking back at your browsing history ...

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Google will have to pay $62 million as a settlement for tracking and storing users’ location history information without their consent. The sum will be used as a payout for a class-action lawsuit that ...

With over three billion devices around the globe being powered by Android, it's easy to get lost in the crowd — except for when you actually lose your phone, in which case standing out isn't quite so ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general ...