Google has decided to erase accounts that have not been used for at least two years.
Even though accounts won’t be removed until December 1, Google (GOOG) will begin notifying users who have affected accounts.
Users will have an eight-month window before deletion, and the business will send several warning notices to affected Google (GOOG) accounts (and to backup emails if the user provides one).
Google’s Security Push: Deleting Unused Accounts
The new policy was introduced by the corporation in May, with the statement that it aims to reduce security risks:
Older accounts are far more susceptible to problems like phishing, hacking, and spam since they are more likely to use recycled passwords and less likely to use modern security methods like two-step-verification.
According to Google’s announcement in May, the first accounts to be deleted are those that users established but never used again.
Even if you stop using our services, we still want to safeguard your private information and stop any illegal access to your account, Google stated in a policy update released on Monday.
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Google’s Updated Account Deletion Rule: What’s Different
Even though accounts won’t be removed until December 1, Google (GOOG) will begin notifying users who have affected accounts.
A few situations are excepted from the rule: Accounts with active apps on platforms like the Google Play store, accounts with active YouTube channels, accounts with gift card balances, accounts that have been used to buy digital goods like books or movies, and accounts with gift card balances, the company stated on Monday.
Account deletion is an upgrade over the previous method. According to Google, users’ content from services they no longer used would be wiped in 2020, but their accounts won’t be.
Simply check into your Google account or any other Google service at least once per two years, read an email, watch a video, or conduct a single search, among other things, to save your account.
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