Google Data Deletion

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  Google to Discontinue Dark Web Reports in February 2026, Directs Users to Existing Privacy and Security Tools

  Google is discontinuing the dark web report, which was meant to scan the dark web for personal information of users. The company announced that it will stop scanning for new breaches on January 15, 2026. The dark web report will no longer be available to access from February 16, 2026. Google said that it is shifting the focus to tools that give use...

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  How to Delete History on Google Chrome, Firefox, Other Browsers: A Step-by-Step Guide

  Web browsers store information such as websites you access, files you download, and searches. These raise privacy concerns, especially when you are using shared and public devices. This article explains how to delete your browsing history and gives you step-by-step ways to clear all or part of it.

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  How to Clear Cache in Google Chrome, Firefox on Android, iPhone

  Google Chrome and Firefox allow users to clear cache and web cookies, apart from deleting their entire web histories. When you're surfing the internet, your browser, like the two mentioned, collects data from various websites and stores the same as cookies and cache. This allows it to offer a smooth experience when you visit the website again. Howe...

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  YouTube's New Likeness Detection Tool Explained: How to Sign Up, Data Usage Policy, and More

  YouTube is expanding its likeness detection tool which lets creators identify and flag content that features their likeness generated using artificial intelligence (AI). It is now available to all creators under the YouTube Partner Program. If a creator spots their likeness being used by another party on YouTube, they can submit a removal request f...

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  Google Maps Will Be Deleting Your Location History. Know How To Protect It

  Google had announced the move last year with the first deadline being December 1, 2024, but decided to extend it.

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  Google, Apple Partner to Bring New Tool That Allows for Easy Media Transfer Across Devices

  Google's new initiative is claimed to make transferring data from Google Photos to iCloud Photos easier. To achieve this, the Mountain View-based tech giant has teamed up with Apple to bring support for iCloud Photos to Google’s data portability initiative, enabling seamless transfer of media to iCloud Photos without deleting it from Google’s l...

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  Google Agrees to Delete Incognito Mode Browsing Data to Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

  Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.

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  Google To Delete Incognito Mode Search Data Over $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit

  Google has agreed to delete a vast trove of search data to settle a suit that it tracked millions of US users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.

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  Google Set to Delete Inactive Google Accounts by December: All You Need to Know

  Google will delete inactive Gmail accounts starting December 1, as per the company's Inactive Accounts Policy. Accounts that haven't been used within a specified period, including all data associated with them — such as emails, documents and files, and backed up photos — will be deleted permanently. Google says it will notify users in advance b...

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  Google Says to Delete Users’ Location History for Abortion Clinics, Domestic Violence Centres

  Google has announced to delete users' location history for visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places where privacy is sought, according to an official blog. The change will take place in the coming weeks. The announcement comes a week after US Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights.

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  Russia Fines Google For Not Deleting Banned Content

  Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it said was a failure to localise data of Russian users on Russian territory, the Interfax news agency reported.

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  Google Play Music Data Will Be Deleted on February 24: Here’s How to Transfer to YouTube Music

  Google is urging users to transfer or delete their Google Play Music data before it gets wiped out on February 24, 2021. The music platform officially shut in December last year. Users are being encouraged to transfer to Google’s other music streaming service, YouTube Music.

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  Google Photos Ending Free Unlimited Storage on June 1, 2021, Will Delete Data From Inactive Accounts

  Google Photos will start charging for storage space once your photos and videos backup crosses the given 15GB cap. The new change will come into force on June 1, 2021. Google is additionally bringing a new policy to delete data from inactive accounts that have not been signed in for at least two years.

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  Chrome Allows Google, YouTube to Store User Data Even If You Want to Delete it, Claims Developer

  Google continues to track you even if you explicitly instruct it not to, an independent software engineer and developer has claimed. Even if Chrome has been instructed in settings to delete all cookies and site data upon closing the browser, it allegedly wipes clean everything but the site data from Google’s own websites.

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  Chrome 79 for Android Update Rollout Restarts With Fix for App Data Deleting Bug

  The Google spokesperson also confirmed that affected users’ lost data will also be restored this week.