Google, a well-known search engine site, has admitted that some of private videos of Google Photos’ users were accidentally exported to strangers.
The technical issues, which occurred between November 21 and November 25, 2019, affected the people who use Google Takeout service to download their data.
Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google.
The matter came into light when the search engine giant emailed the affected users, seeking apology over the issue.
“Between November 21, 2019 and November 25, 2019, our records show your requested a Google ‘Download your data’ export, which included Google Photos content,” the email said.Jon Oberheide@jonoberheide
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“Unfortunately, during this time, some videos in Google Photos were incorrectly exported to unrelated users’ archives. One or more videos in your Google Photos account was affected by this issue,” it admitted.
According to the Google, “The underlying issue has been identified and resolved. We recommend you perform another export of your content and delete your prior at this time”.
The tech giant apologized for the inconvenience that caused transfer of private videos to the strangers.
Global News 
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