Editing Google (section)

==== Geolocation ====
Google has been criticized for continuing to [[Location-based service|collect location data]] from users who had turned off location-sharing settings.<ref name="Sonnemaker2021">{{Cite web |last=Sonnemaker |first=Tyler |date=May 28, 2021 |title='Apple is eating our lunch': Google employees admit in lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/unredacted-google-lawsuit-docs-detail-efforts-to-collect-user-location-2021-5 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, the [[FBI]] used a [[geofence warrant]] to request data from Google about Android devices near the Seattle Police Officers Guild building following an arson attempt during Black Lives Matter protests. Google provided anonymized location data from devices in the area, which raised privacy concerns due to the potential inclusion of unrelated protesters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faife |first=Corin |date=February 5, 2022 |title=FBI used geofence warrant in Seattle after BLM protest attack, new documents show |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/5/22918487/fbi-geofence-seattle-blm-protest-police-guild-attack |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en-US}}</ref>