How to Prevent Google Location Tracking?

We all know very well about the services or apps given by Google, that are not completely free for us. Instead, in exchange for creating a Google account and by using Gmail, Google Maps, Google Docs and even search for itself, the users are always ready to have their data collected by the Google. And the other is the data metrics which easily collected your location history.

Here we provide you with a few simple steps which can prevent you from Google Location Tracking while you can use its services.

In a current report, it was revealed that even if you disable the Google’s Location History on your phone, but it’s not completely stopping the search giant from tracking you.

Recently, Google clarified its tracking policy that “the company has been updating the descriptive language about the Location History only to make it more reliable and clear across our platforms and help centers.”

Steps to Prevent Google Location Tracking

 To prevent Google Tracking,

1. Firstly, you need to disable the “Location History.”
2. Then, Turn off “Web & App activity” for your Google Account.

For doing it in Android, you need to follow the given steps:

1. Click on the Settings tab.

2. Then, click on the Google Account. Now, click on Data & Personalization.

3. Finally, turn off the “Web & App activity switch.

4. Now, a new screen will appear on the screen, shows you a lot of your apps which will be less useful to you.

5. Verify the activity that you want to pause.

you also want to prevent tracking by using the browser on your computer or iOS devices, follow the steps to stop the tracking.

1. First, open your web browser.

2. Now, log in to your Account Activity Controls.

3. Then, turn off Web & App Activity.

4. Confirm that your location history is paused or not.

5. Now, scroll down to the next set of controls and also flip the switch off.

Here, you should need to keep in your mind that this will only stop collection activity from this point forward. However, it even doesn’t delete any of your previous activity.

Rick Martin is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup