If you thought all your important data is safe at Google Drive, then you are dead wrong.
There is no denying the fact that Google Drive is one of the best cloud service available online to backup all your important data and files. Although Google Drive faces tough competition from its rival DropBox, the former still maintain a solid position in the industry thanks to free 15GB of storage and real-time editing functionalities. And in case you own an Android-powered device, the free online storage can be of great use for backing up app data, settings, and other important data. But, make no mistake: Google Drive is not as interesting as it sounds.
After backing up your files, if you don’t use an Android phone for the next two months, Google could delete all your data, that too, without any prior warning. Now, that could be a bummer for those who need to recover the data after two months or so.
Google’s backup deletion policy is clearly stated in the Google Drive support page, which reads “Your backup will remain as long as you use your device. If you don’t use your device for 2 weeks, you may see an expiration date below your backup.”. However, not many users, including me, were aware of such a policy until recently when a Reddit user pointed to an inconvenience caused due to such a “feature”.
What’s more frustrating, however, is that the case does not change even for paid users. Who would pay for such a backup service that won’t hold your data for more than two months?
