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According to recent unredacted documents relating to a lawsuit, Google once made it difficult for Android users to hide their location data.

| Note to IT: Google really wants its privacy settings left alone Its deeply unsurprising that newly-released information from the Attorney Generals office for Arizona — released when a judge agreed to unseal some of the data — shows Google trying to hide privacy settings and tracking users after they chose to not be tracked. The biggest difference in business models between mobile giants Google and Apple is that Apple sells hardware and software whereas Google sells information. So...

Unredacted court documents from Arizona’s antitrust lawsuit against Google make embarrassing reading for the Android maker.

Google continued collecting location data even when users turned off various location-sharing settings, made popular privacy settings harder to find, and even pressured LG and other phone makers into hiding settings ...

Google was so desperate to save its ad revenue that it pressured OEMs into obeying its wish, and even succeeded at convincing LG to do so.

New unredacted documents from an Arizona, US lawsuit against Google reportedly suggests that the search giant hid privacy settings and made them harder to find for users. The documents reportedly reveal that Google continued to collect location data, even when key location sharing was turned off. The company used different methods like Wi-Fi, or third-party apps not affiliated with Google to access location data, according to court documents.

New unredacted documents reveal that Google continued to garner location data on its users through several sources even after they opted out of it.

Recently un-redacted documents from last year's Google vs Arizona lawsuit shows the company made it hard to hide your location data.

Google admits that it is nearly impossible for users to hide location data. New facts emerged in the Arizona Attorney General's lawsuit.