Facebook keeps a copy of your location no matter where you go, even if you don't open the app. But you can stop it from logging your location and delete all of your data. Here's how.
You might be shocked to see how often it collects location data, especially if you let it do so even when you're not using the app.Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, holds his phone after the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 13, 2018.'s mobile app, it tracks your location and knows everywhere you go, even when you're not actively using the app.
I was visiting California and Facebook had data on everywhere I went that day, including stops around Santa Monica, a lunch in Malibu, and where I ended up staying on vacation in Santa Barbara. I can even see the exact route I took on my drive up 101, which means Facebook was gathering data on my location even when I wasn't using it. Facebook tracked my whole trip around California.
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