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Google Announces Inactive Account Manager To Protect Data On Dead Accounts

Let's you decide what happens to your Google life after you've passed away, or just quit using Google cold-turkey.

 

Whatever goes up on the internet stays on there for good, is a fact that no one can negate. In fact, anything that goes online often lives longer than the people who put it up. Then what happens to your data when you have died? The nice people at Google have decided to ensure that there is one less thing to worry about when you pass away: The virtual life you lived on Google. On its official blog, Google has announced a new feature called the Inactive Account Manager wherein users can specify what needs to done with inactive accounts. Just login to your Google Account and click on the link above. Here, you can specify what is to be done with your data scattered across services including +1s, Blogger, Contacts and Circles, Drive, Gmail, Google+ Profiles, Pages and Streams, Picasa Web Albums, Google Voice, and YouTube.

Key in a mobile number and an optional email address that will be notified in the event that your account becomes inactive for any reason, where a notification will be sent. You can set a time limit of three, six, nine, or 12 months of inactivity after which you can either share your data, or even delete your account.

The service also lets you send auto-responses via Gmail from your grave, much like the third-party Facebook app named 'if i die'. Google promises to "protect your privacy and security — and make life easier for your loved ones after you’re gone", but what about securing your data when you're still alive and kicking? That is still work in progress.

Google Inactive Account Manager Screenshot


TAGS: Internet, Google

 
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