Not true.<p>The data collection is active only in &#x27;High accuracy&#x27; and &#x27;Battery saving&#x27; modes. Both these modes are services, the phone asks Google servers &quot;I see wifi with SSID ABC and MAC 0:1:2:3:4:5, where am I?&quot; or &quot;I see celltower of provider 0123, with id 456, where am I?&quot;.<p>In &#x27;Device only&#x27; mode, your location is determined purely by the device hardware. If anyone, it&#x27;s Qualcomm who knows about you, due to AGPS request.<p>Then there is a separate service, Location History, that can be turned off.