In the article, someone from google claims the data will be deleted as soon as it has been used for verification, FWIW.

They are lying. I have recently verified my age on YouTube with a credit card, and they've created a payments profile without my consent. I have discovered what happened a couple of weeks later when I've signed up for Google Cloud and my payment data was already listed in the form of a payments profile that could be selected.

I'll guess that they will be using an automated system, i.e. no human eyes involved. Which isn't that much better, I guess.

I'd say it's best to photoshop the info/photo, because "deleting" the photo doesn't mean they won't scrape it first.

Should we even guess? Google is already trying hard to store payment information filled in form.

Chrome will save credit card data on request, it’s incredibly convenient if you do a lot of online food ordering.

Yes

"Google seems to have signed me up for Google Pay without asking" https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1504079288051589120

This was on hacker news.

Convenience is often the biggest enemy of privacy.

The current system where we can choose between security and convenience is good enough for me. I loath those who would take that choice away from me.

First of all, I said privacy, not security. Huge difference.

That aside, I am not advocating for less choice, merely observing that in many cases users willingly give up their privacy (or other rights) for convenience. Your reaction to my observation actually proves my point.

The answer to "does Google save X?" is "yes" for all possible values of X.