It’s worth noting that this is apparently deliberate behavior in Google’s legal hold mechanism: https://support.google.com/vault/answer/7664657 https://support

It’s worth noting that this is apparently deliberate behavior in Google’s legal hold mechanism: https://support.google.com/vault/answer/7664657 https://support.google.com/vault/answer/7664657 > What data is protected by a hold > Chat: On-the-record (history on) Google Chat messages. … > Holds override retention rules. If a retention rule is set to purge data at the end of the retention period, data on hold isn't purged until the hold is removed. So Google build a system where, if you set it to delete data after a set time, that data will still be retained if subject to a legal hold, except for off-the-record chats. This stinks. If I were a judge, I would not be impressed.