Re:iCloud+ custom email domains should be better
by Gareth321 on Monday February 28, 2022 @03:53AM
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FYI for anyone seeking to download all their emails (or any other data stored by Google) they now have a handy tool developed at the behest of the EU: Google Takeout: https://takeout.google.com/
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Re:iCloud+ custom email domains should be better
by fauigerzigerk on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:21AM
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Google Takeout predates GDPR by several years. I'm not sure if there was any other legislation in place in 2011 that required Google to provide something like this. My recollection is that it was not directly related to any actual legislation at the time.
Re:iCloud+ custom email domains should be better
by Gareth321 on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:47AM
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That is a good point of correction. It looks like Google's Data Liberation Front was formed (at least in part) in order to abide by government regulations, certifications, and procure more business (https://fcw.com/2010/09/google-apps-government-reach-grows/2...), but not at the behest of the EU. It looks like Gmail was added to Takeout in 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Data_Liberation_Front