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locationhistory-pa.googleapis.com
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
googleapis.com is Google's own API domain, and the 'locationhistory-pa' endpoint follows Google's internal private-API naming pattern, making this a first-party backend call for Google Maps' Location History feature. The app's label already declares collecting precise and approximate location plus user IDs, so this contact is covered by its own disclosures.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain is a googleapis.com endpoint and is most likely operated by Google for Google Maps location-history functionality. The app declares collection of precise and approximate location, identifiers, app interactions, and other relevant data, so this contact is not clearly outside the label.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain locationhistory-pa.googleapis.com is an internal Google API endpoint used for location history services, making it a first-party contact for Google Maps. The app declares collecting both approximate and precise location data, so this contact does not appear undisclosed.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | — | 3 | 15 | 2026-07-30 |
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