Google has confirmed it inadvertently erased some Google Maps Timeline data belonging to a number of people. The company told CNET the incident resulted from a temporary technical issue but did ...

As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be automatically deleted after a specific deadline unless you take action to back it up. This transition ...

Once known as Location History, Google Maps' Timeline feature is a fun way to view a chronicle of the places you've visited, and routes to took to get there. You don't need to do anything to keep ...

Google Maps' Timeline feature is a great way to look back on your past travels—if you have the data to look back on. Timeline users over the past couple of weeks have noticed that their data is ...

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 ...

SEE ALSO: Leaked Google database affects cars caught on Google Maps, children's privacy, and more Normally, Timeline has tracked users’ movements and made this data accessible on both the web ...

Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record of where they’ve been — had disappeared. Now, Google has ...

While it’s true that earlier in the month, Google had instructed both iOS and Android users to update their Google Maps Timeline settings to shift primary storage of their data from Google’s ...

Google Maps users started complaining a couple of days ago that their Timeline data had disappeared — and last night, a Google spokesperson confirmed it had been deleted. Speaking to The Verge ...

The switch from cloud to local storage is undoubtedly a good thing, but the downside to the switchover is that Google will be erasing all but the last 3 months of Timeline data in the process.

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