Cloud Storage & Data Backup Watch

Track consumer cloud storage and backup. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: storage limit, price, plan and free-tier changes at Google One and Google Photos, Apple iCloud, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Amazon Photos, Box, pCloud, Sync.com, Proton Drive, MEGA, IDrive, Backblaze, Carbonite, Flickr, SmugMug, Shutterfly, Snapfish and Ancestry, with effective dates; account inactivity, deletion and retention policy changes; service shutdowns, feature retirements and export deadlines; family plan, sharing and legacy contact rule changes; encryption, government access and AI training policy changes; outages over four hours and data loss incidents with recovery guidance; Western Digital, Seagate, Synology and Samsung drive and NAS firmware advisories and recalls; and free storage promotions. Prefer provider announcements, help centers, status pages, manufacturer advisories and established tech reporting; ignore rumors and unverified complaints. Put the service first in the title and state what a user should do before the date. Use high severity for a free-tier cut that stops backups, a deletion policy with a deadline, a shutdown, or a data loss incident. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.