Google says that its update to Google Maps will give users more control over their location data. The navigation app’s Location History feature, which is turned off by default, stores your activity in the cloud, showing where you’ve recently been. The idea is to help people remember the places they’ve visited and how they got there.
Following the update, users’ Timeline data will be stored on the device itself rather than the cloud, though there will be an option to update it to the cloud as a backup if you want. This data will be encrypted, so nobody, not even Google, will be able to see it.
