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by BrandonSmith 3821 days ago
Any application can request the permission to track certain Android app lifecycle events. In this case, when an app gains and loses foreground focus.

Data and location API access are separate permissions. But if all three are obtained, fairly detailed correlations can be made.

Although I don't know much about Cyanogenmod, it is likely it enables global toggles for the app lifecycle permission.