Google Maps users have been urged to act now to avoid permanently losing their important data. Starting next year, the popular navigation app will begin deleting users' personal Timeline from its ...

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Google Maps is a spectacular web-based geographical application. This program is widely used globally, but very few know you can export past data for future reference. The best part is that the data ...

Those of you who use the Google Maps Timeline to keep track of past trips and directions may notice that your data has mysteriously vanished. Well, not so mysteriously. The fault lies with Google, and ...

Update, March 8, 2025: This story, originally published March 7, has been updated with details of more data that Google has confirmed it will be deleting unless account holders take swift action to ...

Google Maps Location Data to Be Stored on Your Device, Not the Cloud If you later choose a cloud backup for your location history, it will be encrypted end-to-end so no one, not even Google, can ...

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