Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

Update, Dec. 19, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 20 now includes a new statement regarding inactive Gmail account deletion timelines from a Google spokesperson. I received an email from ...

To remove location data from photos: On Windows, right-click the image, go to Properties > Details, and select “Remove Properties and Personal Information.” On macOS, use the ImageOptim app. For ...

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you ...

For the past two decades, location data has helped fuel the digital economy. It’s the little helper that guided us to the nearest coffee shop, summoned a ride to our doorstep, let us check in at a ...

Whether you’re someone who’s chronically online or more of a modern luddite, the reality is that data on where you eat, sleep, shop, and hangout is up for grabs. We now carry tiny computers with us ...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement last week with an American data broker known to sell location data gathered from hundreds of phone apps to the US government, among others.

Millions of users of popular apps such as Vinted, Spotify, Candy Crush and Tinder may have had their sensitive location data ...