The Google Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at
Google
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whose "goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products."
The team, which consults with other engineering teams within Google on how to "liberate" Google products, currently supports 27 products. 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.
Google Takeout
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.
Data Transfer Project
On July 20, 2018, Google's Data Liberation Front engineering team announced the Data Transfer Project in partnership with
Facebook
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,
Microsoft
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, and
Twitter
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, an ecosystem which features
data portability between multiple online platforms without the need of downloading and re-uploading data.
See also
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Data portability
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Data migration
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Vendor lock-in
In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs.
The use of open standards and alternative ...
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GDPR
References
External links
HomepageOfficial Data Liberation Blog
Data Liberation Front
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