Today almost every internet user is associated with social networking. It has become a popular platform for sharing data across the cloud. Either you are using Facebook, Myspace, hi5 or any other social sites, you are feeding your valuable information to the service provider so that your connected circle can see your updates. But have you ever thought about your Data Liberation.

 
Your email ids , photographs, videos, streams etc. belongs to you. Sharing doesn’t mean transferring of royalty to any online service provider. Under no circumstances they can hold it as a ransom and force you to continue with them. So, if you wish to change your online social network or other entities you shouldn’t have to worry about starting from scratch and should be able to upload your data via smooth transition. Sounds impossible?

 

Google has made a beginning with the launch of Google Takeout (google.com/takeout) Once you are logged in to Google takeout it allows you to download a copy of your data stored within Google products.

With Google takeout you can take out your data from +1, Buzz, Contacts and Circles, Picasa web album and Profile details.

Their official blog says “Since we began in 2007, the Data Liberation Front has been focused on one thing: making it easier for you to take your data in and out of Google.” It was released on June 28, 2011 along with Google plus and has an in built option for the same.