“Google owns the user data and retains it even when the user deleted the data permanently”
What FACTLY found
It is clearly mentioned in Google’s terms of service that an individual retains the ownership of data & content, “You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours”. Google’s privacy policy also explains that, “Our services also use encrypted backup storage as another layer of protection to help recover from potential disasters. Data can remain on these systems for upto 6 months”.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cf1kt0SIwsf/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_wat…
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.