Have you ever wondered what will happen to the data saved on your Google and Apple cloud service after you die?
Google also thought about this and provided a feature that allows us to decide when our account should be considered inactive and what to do with our data later.
If you use popular Google services like Gmail, Search, or Google Photos, or if you only have an Android phone, Google has a lot of data about you or your habits. Some people also save their bank card details and apps like Google Pay to make payments.
All of this sensitive information on our Google Account requires us to have a plan for the data in our Google Account because we might want to share everything with someone who can take care of it after us.
How to keep data safe-
Let's take a look at how to keep your data secure. When someone doesn't use their Google Account for months, it becomes inactive. Basically when Google doesn't find any activity in an account for a long period of time, it becomes inactive.
However, Google now lets you decide when it should consider deactivating your account and what should happen to it and what should happen after the data is deactivated.
Google gives users the option to share the account and its data with a trusted person or they can ask Google to delete the account when it becomes inactive.
A nice feature is that Google allows the user to set an additional waiting period for the account to be considered inactive. Users can choose up to a maximum of 18 months.
>>You can go to myaccount.google.com/inactive to manage it. Note that the most authentic and important thing is that you are sharing your password with someone you trust.
>>Once you visit the above link, you will first have to enter the waiting period for inactivity, email id, phone number and other details.
>>Thereafter, Google will give you the option to select up to 10 people whom you wish to notify when your Google Account becomes inactive and you are no longer using the account.
have permission to download-
Users can also give the option to access and download some of their data. This requires a reliable email ID. If you don't want anyone to access your Google Account data, you don't need to add someone's email ID.
This will mean that your data will be deleted and no one will ever be able to restore it once your account is deactivated.
Users can also give the option to access and download some of their data. This requires a reliable email ID. If you don't want anyone to access your Google Account data, you don't need to add someone's email ID.
This will mean that your data will be deleted and no one will ever be able to restore it once your account is deactivated.
The list includes Google Pay, Google Photos, Google Chat, location history and everything else a user might have done using their Google Account.
It's important to note that your trusted contacts will only have access for three months after your Google Account is deactivated.
Email will be sent…
Google will send an email to the trusted contact with the subject line and content you entered during setup.
Google says it will add a footer to that email, explaining that you have instructed the company to send an email on your behalf after you stop using your account.
If you choose to delete all of your data after deactivation, Google will delete everything you own. This includes YouTube videos, location history, search history, Google Pay data, and other content.
If you select a trusted contact, the email will contain a list of the data that you have chosen to share.
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