The data wasn't manually entered manually by me or anyone using my account, but yet the data is associated with my account? How did that happen?
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I thought this page would be interesting since I travel so much for work. Did it include only the address I gave Google in my Chrome settings? Was it only addresses I stayed at for X number of hours? Did it collect every place I’ve been? Was it collecting addresses I put into services across the web even though I didn’t tell Chrome to store this information? I was curious, especially after finding out about the “Not Saved” passwords database.
There are only a handful of ways I could immediately think of to explain how Google could have done this: My parents entered his information when I was logged into their home desktop between April 2019 and June 2019 while my computer was getting fixed after serious water damage. I thought this might have been a real possibility. However, I found out that they had not. He passed away on March 1st, 2019 and they said the only time they’ve used his information anywhere is with the lawyers, estate managers, bankers, etc who were helping in the process of our family dealing with his death.
Where did this information come from in the first place? Was it marketers? Was it someone creating an account on his behalf and potentially trying to attempt identity theft?
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