alt Hacker NewsYou get two years of 'free' (readonly) storage if you unsubscribe from google, it's very unusual to just nuke all access immediately.
> are required by compliance to remove customer data within X amount of time at the end of the contractual relationship.
that's a very bullshit justification, we're not talking about the 'delete account' button - especially since claude has a free tier.
I guess it's not a termination, but a downgrade to the "free" tier. But that still makes sense, given Claude Design is limited "to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans". He's not on that plan anymore so.. what commercial reason could they possibly have to keep his data?
Google Workspace seems to halt access immediately[1] and purge data within 60d[2]. For comparison, Atlassian leaves you access for 15d, and purges data at 60d[3]. 365 gives you 90d[4] before purging.
This is a pretty regular thing across the industry.
[1] https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/cancel-...
[2] https://support.google.com/a/thread/345697828/recovering-dat...
[3] https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/d...
[4] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/assurance/assur...