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> And another one! I actually used this regularly on my PC to remember places I'd gone to on trips, or back in time. Me too. High-noon to engage Google Takeout
by cimnine 2y ago
> And another one! I actually used this regularly on my PC to remember places I'd gone to on trips, or back in time.
Me too. High-noon to engage Google Takeout [1] – so that I at least have a copy of all that data.
Off-topic: TIL, that Google Takeout can do regular backups automatically for up to one year when you link it to some cloud storage account (GDrive, Dropbox, One Drive, Box).
[1] https://takeout.google.com https://takeout.google.com
- chris_wot 2y agoWait till they remove Google Takeout
- WesolyKubeczek 2y agoDon't give them ideas. Although... EU will smack them with fines for it. And probably California, too.
- GeoAtreides 2y ago> EU will smack them with fines for it. And probably California, too. Kind and respectful reminder that HN does not permit the users to delete their data or download it. It is against the law in EU (and probably California), but it hasn't been legally tested yet.
- j-bos 2y agoHn is an interesting one because there's not even an email associated. Though I imagine they have logs of IPs and such. Still, an equivalent feels like ad networks that are everywhere though don't seem to have a way to delete data.
- LopovJack 2y agoDoesn't that refer to personal data only? If you did not provide personal info to HN, would GDPR still apply?
- pajko 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten#European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten#European...
- senordevnyc 2y agoYC / HN are in the US, not the EU. Yes, I know, Europeans think their laws automatically apply globally, but laws are meaningless without enforcement. Hence why 99% of US companies can safely ignore GDPR unless they're operating in the EU (which HN is not).
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- pgalvin 2y agoYou have not been able to export the raw data from Location History, via Takeout, for about a year (in preparation for this change). i.e. no GPX files
- johtso 2y agoWhat the hell?? Seriously? There's no way to get my historical location data anymore? I always assumed I could rely on my google location history as a way to look back at where I've been throughout my life..
- pcthrowaway 2y agoUh.. what format does it give you the data in then?
- aembleton 2y agoThey didn't give me gpx files a few years ago either. I seem to remember it being a json or a csv, I can't remember which right now. Was easy to parse it to get the information I was after.
- elaus 2y agoSeems like you are right, when configuring an export the "file type" choice of your location history data is grayed out.