" Google Data Will" - How to plan what will happen to your 'private' Google data.

" Google Data Will" - How to plan what will happen to your 'private' Google data. HT: SophosSecurity.By Lisa Vaas.

Google has launched a new tool that lets users plan what will happen to their private data after they die.

Announced on Google's blog by Product Manager Andreas Tuerk on Thursday, the tool is called Inactive Account Manager.
(You have to love the humility: "Not a great name, we know," Tuerk writes.
The Googlers could have had a field day with the name, but discretion, obviously, won the day. 

One commenter's suggested name: "My Will." Better, and still classy!)

The Inactive Account Manager is located on the Google Account settings page, under the "Account Management" choice in the "Account" tab.


I had to hunt around to find it: you have to click on the option that says "Control what happens to your account when you stop using Google. Learn more and go to setup."

There, you can tell Google what to do with your Gmail messages and data from other Google services if your account becomes inactive for any reason.

One choice is to have your data deleted after periods of three, six, nine or 12 months of inactivity.
Another option is to pass on data from some or all of these services to your designated beneficiaries.Hmmmm........'Death is just the beginning'?Read the full 'Afterlife' Story here.