Google's Account Purge: Protect Your Data Now

Google is set to begin deleting inactive personal accounts that haven't been signed into or used in the past two years, as part of its inactivity policy update aimed at boosting security efforts. The phased purge will start this week, and while accounts obtained through businesses and organizations are exempt, personal accounts and their contents within Google Workspace and Google Photos could be erased. Users of potentially affected accounts have been notified in advance, and various activities such as signing in, reading emails, creating documents, and conducting searches qualify as account activity. The move is intended to address security vulnerabilities associated with inactive accounts.