Google Maps clarifies ads and search personalisation may use activity across devices

One sentence about cookie-style preference storage now says search results or ads may be personalised based on your activity 'across devices'. The effective-date line was also removed, which is not substantive.

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Ad and search personalisation is now described as using your activity across devices, not just the current browser

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This allows us to do things like maintain your preferences across browsing sessions, such as your preferred language or whether to show you more relevant search results or ads based on your activity across devices.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source

~~This allows us to do things like maintain your preferences across browsing sessions, such as your preferred language or whether to show you more relevant search results or ads based on your activity.~~− struck · ✓ matched in source

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Google Maps clarifies ads and search personalisation may use activity across devices

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