Google Data Liberation Front
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
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]
Google Takeout has been criticized for failing to include many Google services.[5]
| 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[6] | |
| Google Tasks | August 1, 2011[7] | via the Google Tasks Porter (not part of google Takeout) |
| Google Voice | September 6, 2011[8] | |
| Gmail Chat logs | September 15, 2011 | |
| Google Docs | January 24, 2012 | |
| YouTube | September 26, 2012 | |
| Google Calendar | December 5, 2013 | |
| Gmail | December 5, 2013[9] |
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Null, Christopher (May 21, 2012). "'Liberating' Your Data from Google, and What That Really Means". PCWorld.
- ^ "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.
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