Claim: Google owns the user data and retains it even when the user deleted the data permanently.
Fact-check: Google neither owns the user data, nor it retains the deleted data permanently - FACTLY
Verdict: facts: 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". hence, this claim is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Harshavardhan Konda
Date published: 2022-07-13T08:45:04