Key Points
Google, on Tuesday, updated its inactive account policy, for accounts and will now delete accounts that have not been used or signed into for at least two years...
The policy will apply only to personal Google Accounts and will not affect accounts for organisations like businesses and schools...
While the policy has been implemented, it will not immediately impact users with inactive accounts..
Google cited a lack of two-factor authentication and fewer security checks by users with inactive accounts as the reason behind the change in policy..
The company claimed inactive accounts if compromised can be used by threat actors to perform identity theft or use these accounts to share spam or malicious content...
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