{"id":1831786,"date":"2024-06-07T09:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1831786"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:23:04","slug":"google-timeline-location-history-moves-to-on-device-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/06\/google-timeline-location-history-moves-to-on-device-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Timeline: Location History Moves to On-Device Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More details emerged this week on how Google Maps is changing how it stores users\u2019 location data\u2014which is that as of December 2024 it basically won\u2019t: Location History has been rebranded Google Timeline<\/a> and will be stored on-device, where you can set it to auto-delete after a specified period of time, rather than on Google\u2019s servers. Not having your location data in the cloud is better for your personal security (Google can\u2019t respond to geofence warrants<\/a> if it doesn\u2019t collect and store location data), but it also means that Timeline won\u2019t be available via the web. This is a bit more definitive than what I understood it to be last December<\/a>. See news coverage from 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>, The Guardian<\/a><\/em> and The Verge<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More details emerged this week on how Google Maps is changing how it stores users\u2019 location data\u2014which is that as of December 2024 it basically won\u2019t: Location History has been rebranded Google Timeline and will… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[462,82,646],"class_list":["post-1831786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-privacy","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1822075,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/12\/google-maps-updates-offer-users-more-control-over-their-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":1831786,"position":0},"title":"Google Maps Updates Offer Users More Control Over Their Data","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 December 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Forthcoming updates to Google Maps will give users a bit more control over their location data. 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