Privacy
Updated Aug 2026
Your Timeline file stays on your device
The file is opened and parsed by your browser. It is never uploaded, stored, or sent to us or anyone else. Closing the tab discards it.
Map tiles come from CARTO
To draw the map, your browser requests image tiles for the areas your route passes through from CARTO (basemaps.cartocdn.com). CARTO receives those tile coordinates and normal network information such as your IP address. This can reveal the areas shown in your video to CARTO, but never your file, your exact points, or your title. You must confirm this before the map loads.
The video is rendered locally
Frames are drawn and encoded by your browser (WebCodecs). The MP4 and the overview image exist only in your browser memory until you share or download them.
No account; only aggregate analytics (Google Analytics)
There is no sign-in. The site uses Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate traffic: pages visited, referrer, approximate location (country/region derived from IP), device and browser type. Google Analytics sets cookies and similar identifiers in your browser to tell visits apart; Google processes this data on our behalf under its own terms. It never receives your Timeline file, coordinates, selected dates, titles, or the generated video — those never leave your browser. You can block analytics with a content blocker or the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Open source
The rendering engine is based on the MIT-licensed open-source project google-timeline-visualizer. This site is not affiliated with Google or the original author.
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services · Google Analytics opt-out
Questions about privacy or data? Email support@timelinevisualizer.net
google-timeline-visualizer (GitHub) · CARTO attributions · OpenStreetMap copyright