In an announcement made on Tuesday, tech giant Google revealed a new policy aimed at deleting data from certain services including Gmail, Google Drive and Docs, Google Photos, Google Calendar, and YouTube. The decision is intended to mitigate security risks and will primarily affect personal accounts that have remained inactive for a period of two years. These inactive accounts are more susceptible to vulnerabilities due to the lack of two-step authentication and the use of outdated or repeated passwords.

Ruth Kricheli, Google's vice president of product management, highlighted the significance of this policy, stating, "These accounts are often vulnerable, and once compromised, they can be exploited for identity theft, as well as for spreading unwanted or malicious content such as spam."

It's important to note that this policy does not apply to business or school-associated accounts. Deletion procedures are set to commence in December, with Google emphasizing that multiple notifications will be sent to inactive account holders and associated recovery email addresses prior to the deletion process.

Accounts that have never been used since their creation will be the first to be removed, according to Kricheli. To ensure account activity, users can either directly log in or grant access to third-party websites and applications.

By implementing this data deletion policy, Google aims to enhance security measures and safeguard user accounts from potential threats.

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