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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReady to manage Google maps (and what it knows about you) like a pro?\n\nBecause Google knows where you were yesterday. And it knows where you had lunch last Tuesday.\n\nBut it doesn't have to. <\/strong>\n\nIf you want more control over your data, I'll show you how you can manage Google maps and control access to your location data.\n

Google Maps and Your Data<\/h2>\nGoogle Maps is one of the fantastic conveniences of modern life.\n\nWhen you use Google Maps, you give the app access to your location. In exchange, you get relatively accurate directions along with other benefits like arrival time estimates that take the current traffic level into account.\n\nPretty cool, right?\n\nHowever, not everyone is comfortable sharing their data like this. In fact, many of us aren't sure just how much data we are sharing in order to use the app.\n\nThe answer? It depends on the kind of permission levels you set.\n\nSo how do you know what kind of data Google Maps has on you?\n

See Your Google Maps History<\/h3>\nTo see your Google Maps history go to maps, and in the drop-down menu select “Your timeline.”\n\n\"\"\n\n \n\nFrom this page, you'll be able to see your entire location history.\n\n\"\"\n\nIf your Location History is turned on, Google keeps an incredibly detailed list of everywhere you go, including how you got there, and what time you arrived at. This can be either awesome or creepy, depending on your views.\n\nOn the other hand, if your Location History is turned off, Google will not store your past travel data.\n\nHow do you control your location settings?\n\nYou've got a couple of options. If you like having a detailed record of your life but want some control, you can keep Location History turned on and then go through specific events in your travel history and erase the ones you don't want to keep.\n\nIf you don't like the idea of Google knowing that much about you and want to turn off access to your location data altogether, head over to the location activity controls<\/a> and toggle your Location History off.\n\n\"\"\n\nYou can also turn your location services off on your iPhone by heading over to Settings–> Privacy–> Location Services and toggling it off.\n\n\"\"\n\nIf you are worried about other apps, you can control their access to your location data through this menu as well.\n

The price of convenience<\/h2>\nThe kind of convenience you get by using Google maps does have a price– data. User data helps Google improve the algorithm and in turn allows them to create a better, more personalized, user experience for you.\n\nYou need to decide what that convenience is worth to you– no one else can make that decision for you.\n\nNot sure? Here are some extra resources to help you out.\n