Google unveils auto-delete for location, Web activity, and app usage data | Ars Technica. Google knows. I am not just talking about your physical location and where you’ve been and what your favorite restaurant is, and when you were there last. I am talking about everything you do. I have written before about how to get into the data Google keeps on you, such as browsing history, and geolocation history. However, you must actively go to a webpage and click to do so. Now, you can limit this data automatically, by setting a time limit on the data keeping. As a lawyer, I might be interested in ediscovery benefits from being able to track someone by examining such data. However, it is really creepy to get into Google’s map of every physical you have been for the past couple of years. Now, if I knew I would need an alibi…
