Facebook to Stop Collecting , Location Data and Delete , Stored Location History.<br />'Fast Company' reports that Facebook will delete the location histories of its users later this summer. .<br />'Fast Company' reports that Facebook will delete the location histories of its users later this summer. .<br />The move was announced by Facebook's parent <br />company Meta Platforms through in-app prompts <br />and emails rather than through a public announcment. .<br />Features that rely on Facebook's background <br />location tracking including Nearby Friends <br />and weather alerts will be shut down. .<br />On May 31, Facebook's apps will stop <br />recording location data and the company<br /> will delete user's location history on August 31.<br />According to a spokesperson for Meta, <br />the company will be ending these <br />features "due to low usage.".<br />According to a spokesperson for Meta, <br />the company will be ending these <br />features "due to low usage.".<br />'Fast Company' reports that <br />advocates for privacy protection <br />have applauded the scheduled change. .<br />'Fast Company' reports that <br />advocates for privacy protection <br />have applauded the scheduled change. .<br />Reducing the collection of this kind <br />of data on these apps is great, Dhanaraj Thakur, Research director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, via 'Fast Company'.<br />However, advocates warn that the major problem with data <br />collection hinges upon small, third-party data brokers <br />rather than major companies like Facebook or Google.<br />However, advocates warn that the major problem with data <br />collection hinges upon small, third-party data brokers <br />rather than major companies like Facebook or Google.<br />Our concern goes beyond Facebook. <br />The data broker ecosystem <br />in general is so opaque, and there <br />are so many actors involved, Dhanaraj Thakur, Research director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, via 'Fast Company'.<br />They collect and have tremendous amounts <br />of location data which can be linked to <br />a lot of private data about individuals, Dhanaraj Thakur, Research director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, via 'Fast Company'
