Google to wipe data on new accounts after 18 months

Brisbane Times

Published 24 Jun 2020

After years of criticism about how it keeps a record of what people do online, Google said it would start automatically deleting location history and records of web and app activity for new users after 18 months.

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Google to wipe data on new accounts after 18 months

Google to wipe data on new accounts after 18 months

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