Comment by 8_hours_ago

8 years ago

Switching from T-Mobile to Google Fi might be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire ;)

The Google Fi Terms of Service says they are collecting location data:

"When your device is turned on or when you use the Services, we may collect and process information about your actual location. This may include information about your current activity (e.g., driving, running, walking, etc.), which lets us know when you may be moving between different mobile and Wi-Fi networks." https://fi.google.com/about/tos/#project-fi-privacy-notice

I'm okay with Google collecting location information, insofar as they only use it to provide cell service, and not for advertising and don't provide it to 3rd parties. Unfortunately, their Privacy Policy states that they can use it for advertising:

"We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Google and our users. We also use this information to offer you tailored content – like giving you more relevant search results and ads ." https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us#infouse

And they can provide it to 3rd parties. Note that they require "consent", just like T-Mobile's privacy policy:

"We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google when we have your consent to do so." https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us#nosharing

So even if they are not currently providing information to LocationSmart, according to my understanding of their privacy policy, they are able to.