Google Maps is killing Timeline on the web as it pushes users to only use the app to keep location data more private. Reading time 2 minutes If you’re mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on ...

Google has confirmed the recent loss of Timeline data from the Maps app due to technical issues. Thankfully, users will be able to get the data back, provided they have backed it up beforehand.

Google Maps is getting three new privacy-focused features. Users will soon be able to delete their activity related to specific places in Maps. Google will also start storing Timelines locally on ...

Some users just had their timeline data wiped from Google Maps. The company told Mashable in a statement that it "briefly experienced a technical issue that caused the deletion of Timeline data for ...

Google Maps offers a timeline view on an opt-in basis that makes it easy for you to go back into the past, checking out the places you’ve been to. It looks like a timeline like this might soon make it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Google has been in the headlines of late as planned data ...

A few months ago, I opened Google Maps and went to check my Timeline only to get the dreaded notification that my Timeline was going away — at least in its original server-hosted form. Instead, Google ...

Perhaps this was an act of political defiance on the part of one or more developers on the Maps team. Anyone with half a brain who can tell which way the wind is blowing with the current ...

In today's day and age, it can feel almost impossible to keep anything private, such as your whereabouts, and we're often at the mercy of companies to take actionable steps to do so. To that end, ...