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Incident #ADE472 · 14 AUG 2026minor
Google Maps / Privacy Policy UK

Google Maps policy drops legal-basis details; adds line on non-account data

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The diff removes a large block from the legal bases section. It covered legitimate interests, vital interests and legal obligations such as age checks, financial record-keeping and sharing data with regulators and researchers. A short sentence saying Google also collects data not tied to your account was added, and the signed-out identifiers sentence was reworded as an example. The diff alone does not show whether the removed material moved elsewhere in the policy.

Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
Certain laws require us to share information with regulators and third parties, such as researchers and authorized out-of-court dispute bodies.− struck · ✓ matched in source
Various laws and regulations require us to put in place measures to confirm that our users are old enough to use our services.− struck · ✓ matched in source
Google also collects and uses data that is not associated with your account.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:− struck · ✓ matched in source
Archived version ↗ · 535 words changed
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