← everything
Privacy and tracking
What they kept, after you asked them not to.
Location history recorded with the setting off. Incognito that was not. Data retained past deletion, shared across products nobody linked, and used to train things nobody consented to. Regulators have fined for several of these; write down yours.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on Google Sucks
Filed under other categories, by people it happened to.
Account termination or lockout2026-08-07
Locked out of a Google account: what still works, in the order to try it
One account holds your mail, your photos, your phone, your logins and your two-factor codes. When it closes there is no phone number to call — but the recovery paths are not equally useless, and the order matters.
Verified anonymous