PRIVACY
Timeline Visualizer Privacy
How Timeline Visualizer handles location history with local processing and no Google sign-in.
How is privacy handled?
Timeline.json stays on your device: parsing and MP4 rendering happen locally, with no Google sign-in, no analytics, and only limited map-tile requests to CARTO.
Why read the privacy guide?
1
Know What Is Uploaded
Confirm your Timeline.json never leaves the device
2
Understand Requests
Learn why CARTO map tiles are the only network need
3
Stay in Control
Keep both the source file and the finished MP4 locally
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