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For example, Google Now us es the time of day, your loc ation, and
your location hist ory to show you what the trafce on your com-
mute is like when you wake up in the mo rning. it also uses in for-
mation from Google ser vices such as you r Web History for s ports
or flight status cards, o r from your synced calend ar entries for
appointment cards.
About location report ing & history
When you opt- in to Goo gle Now, yo u’ll star t report ing your loca-
tion and turn on your locat ion history. You have com plete control
over this inf ormation. Google won’t sh are it with oth er users or
marketers without your p ermission.
if you opted in to location histo ry in the past, Google N ow uses
your previously record ed locations as well as on going locations
when making suggesti ons. Turning off location his tory pauses
the collection of location info rmation, but doesn ’t delete your his-
tory. To manage or delete your loc ation details , visit https://www.
google.com/latitude/b/0/history/dashboard.
Google Now doesn’t t urn on sharing with fr iends. You r locatio n
is not shared unless you exp licitly opt in to sharin g from Google
Maps settings.
Along with l ocation h istory, Go ogle Now uses Goo gle’s loca tion
service and GPS. Googl e’s location ser vice must be turn ed on for
Google Now to work. To manage this s etting, go to Settings >
personal > Location services.
For more details, see “Co ntrol location reportin g & history” on
page 32.