#MozAloha @bz_moz linked post on Google AdWords user location tracking is mass surveillance vuln to state abuse. Article claims: “Google never shares personal location information to anyone at an individual level.” However, they do share location information at an aggregated level, and that requires that they *track* “personal location information” at an “individual level” internally and use that to recompute summaries provided to AdWords clients. Whatever such information is tracked (and who knows how long it’s kept), expected that a court order or other state pressure can get access to it.

#MozAloha @bz_moz linked post on Google AdWords user location tracking is mass surveillance vuln to state abuse.

Article claims:

“Google never shares personal location information to anyone at an individual level.”

However, they do share location information at an aggregated level, and that requires that they *track* “personal location information” at an “individual level” internally and use that to recompute summaries provided to AdWords clients.

Whatever such information is tracked (and who knows how long it’s kept), expected that a court order or other state pressure can get access to it.