At first glance, reports of people’s timelines being lost seems like they might have fallen afoul of Google Map’s big privacy change: your Google Maps timeline is moving from the cloud to your device, and unless you agree to various new settings by a deadline date ( which is different for different users, weirdly) you’ll lose your travel history.

There appears to be a glitch currently impacting some Google Maps users, causing their historical Timeline data to vanish.

Some Google Maps users are reporting their Timeline history has disappeared, even though location tracking is enabled

A recent change by Google in December has resulted in a problem for some Google Maps users. The tech giant introduced on-device Timeline location history, and now, some are reporting that their Timeline is mysteriously missing.