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Google To Start Permanently Deleting Users' Location History

Google will delete everything it knows about users' previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users. From a report: The company's "timeline" feature -- previously known as Location History -- will still work ...

But all the data required to make the feature work will be saved locally, to their own phones or tablets, with none of it being stored on the company's servers. Users will still be able to back up their data if they're worried about losing it or want to sync it across devices but that will no longer happen by default. In a blogpost announcing the changes, Google didn't cite a specific reason for the updates, beyond suggesting that users may want to delete information from their location history if they are "planning a surprise birthday party."

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