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Sensorvault is an internal Google database that contains records of users' historical geo-location data.[1]: 1 [2]
It has been used by law enforcement to execute a geo-fence warrant and to search for all devices within the vicinity of a crime, (within a geo-fenced area)[1]: 1 [3]: 1 [2] and after looking at those devices' movements and narrowing those devices down to potential suspects or witnesses, then asking Google for the information about the owners of those devices.[1]: 1 [3]: 1 [2]
However, the use of geo-fence warrants has raised privacy concerns, as they can ensnare uninvolved bystanders and undermine individuals' right to privacy.[4] The warrants frequently rely on the assertion that "Americans owned cellphones and that Google held location data on many of these phones" to establish probable causes.[5]
In response to growing concerns, Google has announced plans to end the practice of responding to geo-fence warrant requests for users' location data.[6] The company will be making several changes to the way it handles "Location History" data:
These changes are expected to make it much more difficult, if not impossible, for Google to provide mass location data in response to geo-fence warrants.[7]
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