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Google Maps Privacy Insights

Updated Nov 18, 2024

75Ā šŸ˜Š

TrustĀ Score

Summary

Google collects extensive user data across its services to provide personalized experiences, improve products, and enable targeted advertising. The company offers robust privacy controls and transparency about data usage.

Safety Concerns

  • Extensive data collection across multiple services
  • Use of personal data for advertising purposes
  • Potential privacy risks from comprehensive user tracking

Third Party Sharing

Google shares data with service providers, contractors, legal authorities, and partners for specific purposes like service improvement and legal compliance.

Service Providers

Process data based on Google's instructions

Services used:
Data centers
Customer support
Security partners
Data collected:
User Account Information
Technical Usage Data

Legal Authorities

Share data in response to legal requests

Services used:
Government agencies
Courts
Data collected:
User Identification Data

Data Collection

Google collects comprehensive user data across multiple dimensions, including personal information, device details, activity logs, and content interactions.

Personal Identifiers

Name, email, phone number, password

Device Information

IP address, device type, operating system, network information

Activity Data

Search terms, video views, voice and audio information, purchase activity

Location Information

GPS data, IP-based location, sensor data

Communication Data

Call logs, message details, email contents

Opt-Out Options

Privacy Checkup

  1. 1Visit myaccount.google.com
  2. 2Navigate to Privacy Checkup
  3. 3Review and modify privacy settings

Ad Personalization Opt-Out

  1. 1Go to My Ad Center (myadcenter.google.com)
  2. 2Adjust ad personalization settings
  3. 3Disable personalized advertising

Activity Controls

  1. 1Access Google Account settings
  2. 2Review Web & App Activity controls
  3. 3Pause or delete activity tracking