Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

By Dani Deahl - Posted at The Verge:

Better start downloading your data

Last October, Google announced plans to shut down Google+ for consumers after a security flaw exposed users’ profile data. Shortly after, Google+ had another data leak, prompting Google to fast-track the shutdown for its social network, moving the deadline up four months to April 2019. Now, Google has formally released the timeline for how and when Google+ will go away.

Read more here.


See also:

• Expediting changes to Google+ (Google)
• Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019 (Google)

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