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.