From the linked PDF: > The telemetry sent by the Gboard application does not go directly to Google. Instead, the data goes through a service known as the Clear

From the linked PDF: > The telemetry sent by the Gboard application does not go directly to Google. Instead, the data goes through a service known as the Clearcut Logger within Google Play Services To be fair, I have not tested whether Gboard continues to send telemetry to GPS even after networking is disabled on Gboard but there's nothing stopping that from happening from a technical perspective. This is because Android apps access GPS over Binder and Android apps can access Binder services even if they have no INTERNET permission.