There are a staggering 1.8 billion Gmail active users, according to the latest statistics. Regarding Google Photos, there are an estimated 2 billion active users.
Google has recently warned that starting in December, inactive accounts will be purged on security grounds.
But how does Google define an inactive account, and how can you prevent emails, photos, and other content from being deleted?
Although billions of people use Google services such as Gmail and Google Photos, the percentage reading Google’s safety and security blogs will be insanely small.
I read them because it’s my job, and even then, I occasionally miss something important.
Such was the case with an update to inactive account policies in May when I took some time off work for health reasons.
Yet this seemingly innocuous update contains a vital warning for Google users about a cross-service content purge.
In the short policy update posting, Ruth Kricheli, a vice president of product management at Google, warned that users of inactive personal Google accounts could see those accounts, and their content stored within Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar, and Google Photos, deleted in a purge starting from December 2023.
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