| ▲ | bwillard 4 days ago | |
Officially, up to you if you believe they are following their policies, all of the companies have published statements on how long they keep their data after deletion (which customers broadly want to support recovery if something goes wrong). - Google: active storage for "around 2 months from the time of deletion" and in backups "for up to 6 months": https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention?hl=en-US - Meta: 90 days: https://www.meta.com/help/quest/609965707113909/ - Apple/iCloud: 30 days: https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/delete-files-mm3b7fcd... - Microsoft: 30-180 days: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/assurance/assur... So if it ends up that they are storing data longer there can be consequences (GDPR, CCPA, FTC). | ||
| ▲ | toyg 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
TBH, I'd be surprised if they kept significant amounts around for longer, for the simple reason that it costs money. Yes, drives are cheap, but the electricity to keep them online for months and years is definitely not free, and physical space is not infinite. This is also why some of their services have pretty aggressive deletion policies (like recordings in MS Teams, etc). | ||