So, given your high technical acumen, why would expose yourself to goggle's previously demonstrated willingness to delete your career's and your life's archive of communications?
Stop using goggle!
It's as simple, and as necessary, as that.
No technically astute person should use ANY goggle services at this point...
I'm not the person in the OP, I've been completely de-googled since 2019 and I agree that Google should not be trusted for anything important.