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Re:Google will delete new accounts' data by default in 18 mo... by el_nino on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:25PM (#23643083)
> auto-delete activity and location every 18 months by default

Does this mean any data older than 3/18 months is deleted or that every 3/18 months they delete everything?

P.S. I assume that they may have already put a price on 3/18 month old data and decided that by then it has lost enough of its value to make such a loss worth it in order to buy a bit of good will from users and regulators alike.

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Re:Google will delete new accounts' data by default in 18 mo... by bilal4hmed on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:27PM (#23643110)
The former, any data older than 3/18 months is deleted.

so if you set it up for 3 months today, then any data on and before 3/15/2020 will be deleted

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