When someone uses Google Maps, information about times and locations are recorded and stored. Google also uses tracking tools with other services. Weather apps, for example, are designed to identify a user’s location to provide local weather information. Even some Google internet searches can result in the collection of information about exactly where a person was when the search was made. Google says it collects the data to improve localized experiences for its users. But such practices have also raised privacy concerns. Privacy activists have called on Google and other major technology companies to make it easier for users to turn off location services if they do not want to be tracked. An investigation by the Associated Press, or AP, suggests this process is not as easy as it might seem.
Title: Report: Google Still Tracks You Even with Location History Off
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/42cfaaf2-80e5-43ec-a554-e02b85d3d87e_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Report: Google Still Tracks You Even with Location History Off' data-article-id='3300'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='17125'>When someone uses Google Maps, information about times and locations are recorded and stored.</span> <span data-start-time='17125' data-end-time='17896'>Google also uses tracking tools with other services.</span> <span data-start-time='17896' data-end-time='29250'>Weather apps, for example, are designed to identify a user’s location to provide local weather information.</span> <span data-start-time='29250' data-end-time='42833'>Even some Google internet searches can result in the collection of information about exactly where a person was when the search was made.</span> <span data-start-time='42833' data-end-time='52688'>Google says it collects the data to improve localized experiences for its users.</span> <span data-start-time='52688' data-end-time='59667'>But such practices have also raised privacy concerns.</span> <span data-start-time='59667' data-end-time='76208'>Privacy activists have called on Google and other major technology companies to make it easier for users to turn off location services if they do not want to be tracked.</span> <span data-start-time='76208' data-end-time='88729'>An investigation by the Associated Press, or AP, suggests this process is not as easy as it might seem.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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progress of a person or thing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/the_recording_of_locations_or_progress_of_a_person_or_thing.wav'><span>the recording of locations or progress of a person or thing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/to_be_confused.wav'><span>to be confused</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/to_color_inside_established_lines.wav'><span>to color inside established lines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/to_travel_a_lot.wav'><span>to travel a lot</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11314 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/when_someone_uses_google_maps_information_about_what_are_recorded_and_stored.wav'>When someone uses Google Maps, information about what are recorded and stored?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='times and locations'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/people_around_them.wav'><span>people around them</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/facial_recognition.wav'><span>facial recognition</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/times_and_locations.wav'><span>times and locations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2739/architectural_history.wav'><span>architectural history</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question 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