O Google announced the deleting thousands of accounts from December this year. According to the technology giant, users of Google services who do not log in to their Gmail or Google accounts Google Photos by December they may lose access. With the alert, it is clear that some users may lose access to services and their personal data in the coming weeks.
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To prevent this from happening, you will need to log in to the account in question and confirm to Google that you are still actively using these accounts. According to Google, its usage policy states that:
If a Google Account hasn't been used or signed in for 2 years, we may delete the account and its contents – including Google Workspace content (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar) and Google Photos.
The new policy was announced at the beginning of the year. The deletion date for accounts that have been inactive for more than two years has been set for December 2023. So, if you have an account that you haven't used for more than two years, but you want to keep it, you will need to access the email and use it so that it is not deactivated.
For users who frequently use Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Photos and other company services, there is no reason to worry. A update will only affect disused accounts. Even so, Google announced that it will send emails notifying affected users.
The purpose of the notice is to ensure that these users can maintain their accounts if they wish. Furthermore, the company guaranteed that it will send several notifications before definitively deleting the account in question. Thus, notices will be sent both to the email address of the inactive account and to the email user recovery process, if informed during registration.
Finally, Google claimed that old and inactive accounts are more susceptible to being attacked by cybercriminals. Therefore, they present a threat to the security of users and the Google system.