Google allowed its location data to be used by US police to nab suspected robber


Prosecutors said the search was legal because Chartrie opted to use Google's location services, allowing the company to track his movements on his Android phone. — AFP

Police in the United States have arrested a 24-year-old man accused of bank robbery by using Google location data.

According to NBC News, an officer obtained a warrant for Google's location data from all cellphones within the area of the Call Federal Credit Union bank specific to the time when the robbery took place. The officer decided to do so after looking into security footage at the bank where the masked suspect was seen holding a cellphone to his ear just before the robbery.

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