Can't speak for Google's case - but Apple certainly goes to great pains to make it clear they don't collect location data on users - it's left on the user's device.
Isn't it interesting that it takes an international mega-corporation to take a more realistic and principled approach to user privacy than a democratic government.
Isn't it interesting that it takes an international mega-corporation to take a more realistic and principled approach to user privacy than a democratic government.