Beware! Google collects your location data even when you turn off tracking

Tech giant Google has accepted it taps data from Android devices even when the location is disabled but said the info is used only to manage push notifications and messages, and it is not stored

Google might be gathering location data from your Android-based devices even when you turn off the location services or remove SIM from your phone, suggests a news report in the Quartz.

According to the report, Google has been collecting location data using cellular towers near its Android devices – even when location is disabled in phones – since the beginning of 2017. The data provide Google access to individuals’ location and their movements which could be considered as breach of user privacy.

The section of Google’s privacy policy that covers location sharing states, “When you use Google services,