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Warning to 40million Brits as major mobile brand to DELETE accounts in just weeks – here's what you need to do
A MAJOR mobile brand has issued a warning to millions of Brits with accounts set to be deleted in just weeks if you don't act now.
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Following Google's lead the tech firm announced accounts left inactive would be deleted
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Samsung sent warning messages to millions of users
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Samsung has sent emails to users warning of an imminent change that will see "inactive accounts" deleted.
The accounts at risk of being deleted are used to access native apps on
Following the lead of Google, who warned accounts that were inactive for two years would be deleted, Samsung issued a similar warning.
The firm told users that their data could be at risk of being lost in the wake of the changes.
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Samsung said accounts that had
The policy change will see access to inactive accounts restricted and all data linked to the account deleted.
Once gone the account data will not be recoverable so Brits have been urged to act now.
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Users who received the message have been warned to log into their accounts as soon as possible if they want to avoid losing their data.
The warning message issued to users reads: "Samsung is implementing an inactive Samsung account policy to protect the data of users who have not used their account for an extended period of time.
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"Once this policy is implemented
Data linked to it should be safe from deletion after users have logged in to their accounts.
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Previous warnings from the Korean tech firm said accounts would be deleted on July 31.
If users have logged into their account at least once in the last 24 months then it should be safe from the deletion.
Receiving the warning message likely indicates that your account has been inactive for nearly 24 months and should be
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and all of Samsung's apps, like Health and Galaxy Wearables, require a Galaxy account to log in.
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Simply log into your Samsung account before 31 July.
This will mark the account as active to Samsung, and spare it from deletion.
Galaxy users who haven't logged in for a while should receive an email from Samsung notifying them of the change.
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Samsung – a brief history
Here's what you need to know...
Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
It's known locally as a "chaebol", which means "business conglomerate"
It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
It wasn't until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it's best known in the west today
It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
Today, Samsung's most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
The firm accounts for around 20 per cent of the South Korea's GDP
More than 270,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
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Once deleted account data is not recoverable
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