Keeping user privacy in mind, Google has taken fresh steps. A blog post by CEO Sundar Pichai explained that starting today, the first time you turn on Location History—which is off by default—your auto-delete option will be set to 18 months by default.
Web & App Activity auto-delete will also default to 18 months for new accounts. This means your activity data will be automatically & continuously deleted after 18 months, rather than kept until you choose to delete it. You can always turn these settings off or change your auto-delete option.
Google Sets Time Limit on How Long it Will Store Some Data – New York Times
OAKLAND, Calif. — After years of criticism about how it keeps a record of what people do online, Google said it would start automatically deleting location history and records of web and app activity as well as voice recordings on new accounts after 18 months.The limited change, announced on…
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