Gmail plans to start permanently deleting inactive accountson December 1.
Thankfully, not all Gmail accounts are at risk.
The deletion announcement only applies to personal Gmail accounts.
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So your employer, school, or organization emails are all safe.
Google says its doing this to ensure the safety of your account.
Hackers love taking over specifically inactive accounts and sometimes using those to send out scam emails.
Apparently, theyre easier to take over inactive accounts since they tend not to have two-factor authentication enabled.
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