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Google's own system admits the back end never deletes – video proof included

A user has posted evidence that Google's AI Overview system itself admits that the back end never deletes data, contradicting Google's claims about deletion in AI Studio. The user provides screenshots and a video showing that chat deletion in Google AI Studio does not actually remove data from the backend, and has filed a legal complaint.

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Google's own system admits the back end never deletes – video proof included
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https://archive.org/details/unknown_2026.07.27-19.01

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https://web.archive.org/web/20260727173108/https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/4/54728c639d3269afecc90901825b3e5fd89419a6.jpeg

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https://web.archive.org/web/20260727173521/https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/the-google-ai-overview-itself-describes-google-ai-studio-s-chat-deletion-fraud-and-i-prove-it-with-video-and-images-in-a-way-that-also-stands-legally/176329

https://archive.ph/PmBER

https://archive.ph/PmBER/image

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