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 57 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] or the service is discontinued by Google.
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[8] | Exports original videos only (no edits made with YouTube Studio) |
| Google Latitude | November 14, 2012[9] | |
| Google Reader | November 14, 2012[9] | |
| Google Calendar | December 5, 2013 | |
| Gmail | December 5, 2013[10] |
Data Transfer Project
[edit]On July 20, 2018, Google's Data Liberation Front engineering team announced the Data Transfer Project in partnership with Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter (now X), an ecosystem which features data portability between multiple online platforms without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "the Data Liberation Front". Google. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ↑ "How to download your Google data - Google Account Help". Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Kenyon, Henry (September 13, 2010). "Google Apps government reach grows". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Data Liberation Front Delivers Google Takeout". Google. June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 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.
- ↑ "Your YouTube original videos now available in Google Takeout". Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- 1 2 "Two new services added to Takeout". Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ↑ Piepmeier, Nick (December 5, 2013). "Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data". Official Gmail Blog. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Facebook, Google and more unite to let you transfer data between apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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