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Biker used Google's location data for tracking rides and that turned him into a burglary suspect

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Zachary McCoy, a 30-year-old Florida man who used a fitness app to track his bike rides found himself a suspect in a burglary. He was shocked to see an email from Google's legal team, which stated that the Gainesville police had requested for data pertaining to his Google account. The email also stated that it would release information to the police if he didn't go to court to get the warrant blocked within seven days.