Article 3WS0J How to turn off Google's location tracking

How to turn off Google's location tracking

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Samuel Gibbs
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3WS0J)

Turning off location history won't hide where you are when you use search, Maps or weather. Here's how to stop being tracked

When you turn off "location history" Google still tracks your location when you use several of its key services including Maps, search and the weather. Here's how to really turn all of it off.

A report from the Associated Press has highlighted that the feature called location history is just one of the systems that Google uses to track your location for personalised services, local search and other purposes such as advertising.

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