All
of us think that to retrieve all data from Google’s products like, Gmail,
Orkut, Documentsc. Usually we don't look
to see if they can get their data out of a product until they decide one day
that they want to leave. Google Takeout
allows the user to download a copy of their data stored within Google products.
A team inside the Google is providing this service. The team has a unique name,
The Data Liberation Front. This site is a central location for
information on how to move data in and out of Google products.
Data
Liberation Front’s Official Site: http://www.dataliberation.org/
The
Data Liberation Front
The Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose singular goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products. The user can be able to export any data that he create in (or import into) a product. It helps and consults other engineering teams within Google on how to "liberate" the products of the user.
For this
reason, we always encourage people to ask these three questions before
starting to use a product that will store their data:
1. Can
I get my data out in an open, interoperable, portable format?
2. How
much is it going to cost to get my data out?
3. How
much of my time is it going to take to get my data out?
The ideal answers to these questions
are:
1. Yes.
2. Nothing
more than I'm already paying.
3. As
little as possible.
There shouldn't be an additional charge
to export your data. Beyond that, if it takes you many hours to get your data out,
it's almost as bad as not being able to get your data out at all.
We don't think that our products are perfect yet, but we're continuing to work at making it easier to get your data in and out of them. Visit our Google Moderator page to vote on and add suggestions on what you'd like to see liberated and why.
Lastly, you can also keep track of what we're doing by subscribing to the Data Liberation Front Blog or by following us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dataliberation.
We don't think that our products are perfect yet, but we're continuing to work at making it easier to get your data in and out of them. Visit our Google Moderator page to vote on and add suggestions on what you'd like to see liberated and why.
Lastly, you can also keep track of what we're doing by subscribing to the Data Liberation Front Blog or by following us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dataliberation.
