Google, which houses millions of accounts for users, announced it is planning to remove accounts that were inactive for a period of two years. The move comes as part of the online company’s ongoing efforts to enhance protection measures to protect its massive users, Google announced.
Beginning in December of the current year Google could remove an account if it hasn’t used any of its range of services in the past two years, Google posted on its Blog Article. In the course of account removal, Google will also remove any content that the user has saved within Google Workspace, YouTube, and Google Photos.
Google stated it would issue “multiple notifications” over the months leading to the deletion of an account. Then, it will begin the purge on accounts that were set up but never ever for a second time. In addition, the new inactivity policy does not apply to business accounts or those that are used for school purposes, Google said.
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The requirements for keeping an active account are simple. Things like sending or reading an email using Google Drive and/or watching the YouTube video or downloading apps through Google Play Store, downloading an app from Google Play Store, signing into a third-party application or service using the help of a Google account, or performing the Google search after signing in is enough to keep your account active.
Google has taken this move to alleviate security concerns because of dormant accounts it added. “Our internal analysis has shown that the accounts that are abandoned are at a minimum 10x more likely to not have a 2-step verification implemented. This means that these accounts are usually vulnerable and if an account becomes compromised, it could be used to commit anything from identity theft to ways to distribute unwanted or harmful content, such as emails,” the company wrote in its blog article.
