Google Drive Deletion Policy

Google and Meta are expected to treat regulatory fines as minimal business costs, similar to how firms budget for bribes in large construction projects. Critics argue that fines capped at 4% of global turnover are insufficient deterrents, and that data processing may already have occurred even if deletion policies are followed.

Much like was done many years ago for large co construction projects, many firms set money aside for ‘bribes’. It was literally structured into the funding. Companies like Google and Meta… will no doubt be doing the same for regulatory fines. What regulators haven’t quite grasped yet is their punitive fines are merely costs - minimal ones - that do not outweigh the gains. The GDPR / DPA one in the UK is a max 4% of global turnover. However, The Bribery Act is unlimited. Until there is ‘unlimited fines’ I don’t see any reason for them to not continue doing what they’re doing with impunity. Even with the Airbus scandal in 2020 the fine was 3.6B, still only 3-4% of the total market value. I’d be more worried about what it’s already done ‘processing’ your data than whether it is or isn’t deleted. The data might have been deleted after it’s already been processed - whether that’s from selling on, training AI and profiling you and so on. The sooner you de-Google and block as much of their tripe as you possibly can without breaking your connections , the better.