Google Data Liberation Front
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The Google Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose "goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products."[1] The team, which consults with other engineering teams within Google on how to "liberate" Google products, currently supports 27 products.[2] The purpose of the Data Liberation Front is to ensure that data can be migrated from Google once an individual or company stops using their services.[3]
Google Takeout[edit]
On June 28, 2011, Google's Data Liberation Front engineering team released their first product, after 4 years in development, called Google Takeout, which allows a Google user to export data from supported services.[4]
| Service | Date "liberated" | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Google Buzz | June 28, 2011[4] | |
| Google Circles and Contacts | June 28, 2011[4] | |
| Picasa Web Albums | June 28, 2011[4] | |
| Google profile | June 28, 2011[4] | |
| Google stream | June 28, 2011[4] | |
| +1 | July 15, 2011[5] | |
| Google Tasks | August 1, 2011[6] | via the Google Tasks Porter (not part of Google Takeout) |
| Google Voice | September 6, 2011[7] | |
| Gmail chat logs | September 15, 2011 | |
| Google Docs | January 24, 2012 | |
| YouTube | September 26, 2012 | |
| Google Calendar | December 5, 2013 | |
| Gmail | December 5, 2013[8] |
Data Transfer Project[edit]
On July 20, 2018, Google's Data Liberation Front engineering team[citation needed] announced the Data Transfer Project in partnership with Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter, an ecosystem which features data portability between multiple online platforms without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "the Data Liberation Front". Google. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ^ http://www.dataliberation.org/system/app/pages/subPages?path=/google
- ^ Kenyon, Henry (Sep 13, 2010). "Google Apps government reach grows". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Data Liberation Front Delivers Google Takeout". Google. June 28, 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Something new on the Google Takeout menu: +1's". Google. July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Introducing Google Tasks Porter". Google. August 1, 2011.
- ^ "New on the Menu: Google Voice for Google Takeout". Google. September 6, 2011.
- ^ Piepmeier, Nick. "http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/download-copy-of-your-gmail-and-google.html". Official Gmail Blog. Retrieved 6 December 2013. External link in
|title=(help) - ^ "Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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