Google Maps eliminates by a “technical problem” the history of some users

Google Maps has eliminated the chronology data of some users of this service, which They will not be able to recover them except that they have a cloud back copy with which to load them again.

A “technical problem” has resulted in the elimination of data from the chronology of a part of its users, That is, the locations history that allows you to remember the sites where it has been and the routes that have been made.

This fact has been confirmed by the company itself this weekend, both through a statement sent to The Verge and in individual communications via ’email’ with affected users, as stated in forums such as Reddit.

In said statement, Google states that «almost all users with chronology encrypted copies can restore their data», Something that, however, will not be able to do those who” do not have them activated “, since they cannot recover their data.

Chronology is a Google Maps feature that is offered deactivated by default. Those who activate it can choose to save an encrypted backup (protected with end -to -end encrypted) from their device on their Google account.

But also on its own device, a change that Google introduced last year, although this leaves without access to this feature from the web and does not act the copy in the cloud.