Consumer Apps · Productivity/Utility (navigation) · Private litigation + Data breach
Google Maps
Headline
Google Maps' location data is part of the same Google data ecosystem as the $1.375 billion Texas settlement (Oct 2025; resolving geolocation, incognito and biometric claims, though the AG's release does not name Maps)…
Google Maps' location data is part of the same Google data ecosystem as the $1.375 billion Texas settlement (Oct 2025; resolving geolocation, incognito and biometric claims, though the AG's release does not name Maps), the RTB case researchers called potentially 'the biggest data breach the world has ever seen,' and the $425 million-plus Rodriguez (Web & App Activity/Firebase) jury verdict (N.D. Cal., Sept 2025; post-trial bids for disgorgement, an injunction and decertification denied in early 2026; amended final judgment reportedly entered Oct. 9, 2026; Google's appeal pending in the Ninth Circuit) documented for Google/Alphabet elsewhere in this tracker — your turn-by-turn location history is part of the exact same data ecosystem those cases are about.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Case status. Private litigation; the legal tier of its sources has not been assigned yet.
Primary source. www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-finalizes-historic-settlement-google-and-secures-1375-billion-big-tech — Verified - primary source confirmed.
Terms
Arbitration
Same as Google.
Data sharing
Governed by the same overall Google privacy framework and litigation exposure documented in the Google row at the top of this tab (the $1.375B Texas settlement, RTB 'biggest data breach' case, Incognito-tracking settlement, and $425M+ Rodriguez Firebase-tracking jury verdict (Sept 3, 2025; post-trial bids for disgorgement, an injunction and decertification denied in early 2026; amended final judgment reportedly entered Oct. 9, 2026; Google's appeal pending in the Ninth Circuit)) — no separate, Maps-specific legal action independently confirmed this pass, though location history/Timeline data specifically collected through Maps is a recurring subject of the broader Google location-tracking scrutiny noted in that row.
Fees and billing
Not itemized this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. dpo-google@google.com (primary route is the Google privacy help form)
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Google LLC, Attn: Data Protection, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Evidence
| Claim | Kind | Support | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Texas secured a $1.375 billion settlement with Google. | fact | supported | none recorded |
| 2. Google Maps is covered by the $1.375 billion Texas settlement. | fact | unsupported | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 3. Google Maps is part of the RTB case. | fact | unsupported | none recorded |
| 4. Researchers called the RTB case potentially 'the biggest data breach the world has ever seen'. | fact | unsupported | none recorded |
| 5. Google/Alphabet is subject to a $425 million Firebase-tracking judgment. | fact | unsupported | 1 (1 confirmed) |
| 6. Google Maps is covered by the $425 million Firebase-tracking judgment. | fact | unsupported | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 7. Your turn-by-turn location history is part of the same data ecosystem those cases are about. | characterization | n/a | none recorded |
1 of 7 claims have a confirmed source of their own.
Sources
| Source | Claim | Tier | Status | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none | Claim 2 | Unassigned | not found | No quote recorded. Quote basis: not recorded. |
| court · 2026-03-02 www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.362381/gov.uscourts.cand.362381.725.0.pdf | Claim 5 | Unassigned | confirmed | “Google must pay $247,154,157.00 to Class 1 (the Android Class) and $178,497,790.00 to Class 2 (the non-Android Class)” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| none | Claim 6 | Unassigned | not found | No quote recorded. Quote basis: not recorded. |
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy See Google's overall Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy) | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Terms of service See Google's overall Terms of Service (policies.google.com/terms) | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-finalizes-historic-settlement-google-and-secures-1375-billion-big-tech Verification: Verified - primary source confirmed | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.