Google Admits Tracking Users' Movement Even If Location History Setting Turned Off

Google Admits Tracking Users' Movement Even If Location History Setting Turned Off

Google has revised its description of Location History setting, admitting that it continued to track users' movement even if the setting was paused.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) Google has revised its description of Location History setting, admitting that it continued to track users' movement even if the setting was paused.

On Monday, Associated Press news agency published an investigation saying that some Google apps on Android devices and iPhones saved location data of their users even after turning Location History setting off.

The Google Account Help page now says that "this setting does not affect other location services on your device," noting that "some location data may be saved as part of your activity on other services, like Search and Maps."

However, previously, the page stated that "with Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored."

Google has repeatedly faced allegations of systematic, illegal gathering of personal information in many countries of the world. In November, a UK activists group called Google You Owe Us brought a class action against the IT giant over its allegedly illegal collection of personal data bypassing default privacy settings.