By WhatsApp Signs New Agreement With Goggle, Data Not Backed-Up For Over A Year To Be Lost
WhatsApp Messenger a freeware and cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook has signed a new agreement with Google stating that WhatsApp backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota and any WhatsApp backups that have not been updated in more than a year will automatically be removed from storage.
According to the search engine giant, the new policy will go into effect for all users on November 12, 2018 though some users may see the quota benefits earlier.
In the statement made available to BlackBox Nigeria, to avoid the loss of any backups, Goggle recommended that people manually back up WhatsApp before November 12, 2018.
The full statement reads;
“Due to a new agreement between WhatsApp and Google, WhatsApp backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota. However, any WhatsApp backups that have not been updated in more than a year will automatically be removed from storage.
This policy will go into effect for all users on November 12, 2018 though some users may see the quota benefits earlier. To avoid the loss of any backups, we recommend that people manually back up WhatsApp before November 12, 2018.
Recommended Actions
The Google Drive team
1. Confirm that your current Android WhatsApp client is backed up
2. If you would like to refresh any existing backups, please manually back up your WhatsApp client before October 30, 2018”
