I am in the process of moving out some contacts from Google Contacts, specifically those that I do not have a Gmail address. It’s a way for me to give these people a tiny bit more privacy, as I’m doing a cleanup of my contact list. My concern is that Google will still keep their data even after I delete it from my end. Is it so? Or does removing a contact really delete it from there?
100% yes, absolutely, as a database backup. Whether it’s stored elsewhere or used for any other purpose is another question.
I’m pessimistic when it comes to companies using my data but I assume they will use and abuse that info forever.
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Contacts has a Trash can. Deleted contacts are deleted after 30 days. You can empty the Trash yourself. Log into the web interface and find Trash on the left.
Thats just a user frontend showing your personal view of things . Nobody outside Google knows for sure if they really remove it from their end. All we know is they COULD keep a copy for themselves.
We have no visibility into Google’s internal processes. The developers that work on the product would probably know, but the rest of us can only guess.
You may find smth abt it within Google’s Support pages or their privacy policy
@Beagle thank you!
You’re welcome!
