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Google records users' locations even when they have asked it not to, a report from the Associated Press has suggested.The study, verified by researchers at Princeton University, has angered US law-makers.The study found that users' whereabouts are recorded even when location history has been disabled. Presented with the evidence of the AP study, Democratic senator Mark Warner accused technology companies of having "corporate practices that diverge wildly from the totally reasonable expectation of their users".In the UK, a spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office told the BBC: "Under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, organisations have a legal duty to be open, transparent and fair with the public about how their personal data is used.Following its research, AP created a guide to show users how to delete location data.