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Google Breaks Another Promise About Tracking Your Location History

pledged to stop tracking user visits to 14 states where abortion is now banned. Roughly 18 months later, Google has not followed through on its promise, according to a new study from Accountable Tech, and the company still tracks visits to abortion…

RBy Robert LangleyJan 19, 20241 min read

pledged to stop tracking user visits to 14 states where abortion is now banned. Roughly 18 months later, Google has not followed through on its promise, according to a new study from Accountable Tech, and the company still tracks visits to abortion clinics.

WatchNo Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishU.S. Government requests for Google user data.Screenshot: GoogleAdvertisementThe study ran experiments in Pennsylvania, Texas, Nevada, Florida, New York, Georgia, and North Carolina. In 50% of its tests, Accountable Tech found that routes to and from Planned Parenthood locations were saved in Google’s Location History. The actual name, Planned Parenthood, was scrubbed from Google’s data, which mirrors Accountable Tech’s study from a year ago, but the data still clearly points to abortion clinic visits.AdvertisementGoogle Tracking History shows a user’s trip to Planned Parenthood in New York City.Screenshot: Accountable TechGoogle announced last December it would no longer hold onto people’s location data – which would mean it can’t turn that information over to the police. Accountable Tech says this was a positive development, but that Google can’t be trusted at face value on promises like this. The company received 5,764 “geofence warrants” in states where abortion is banned between 2018 and 2020, according to Politico.AdvertisementGoogle did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment.Google notes that its Location History feature is default turned off, and you can turn it on if you choose. It’s unclear how many users Google tracks location data on, but it’s estimated the company is one of the world’s largest data trackers, with over a billion users of Google Maps globally.

pledged to stop tracking user visits to 14 states where abortion is now banned.
Robert Langley · Thehackingpost

Based on reporting by gizmodo.com.

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