[ NNSquad ] Google: Inactive Account Manager introduced

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Google: Inactive Account Manager introduced

http://j.mp/12P87j4  (Google Data Liberation Blog)

   "The feature is called Inactive Account Manager - not a great name, we
    know - and you'll find it on your Google Account settings page. You
    can tell us what to do with your Gmail messages and data from several
    other Google services if your account becomes inactive for any reason.
    For example, you can choose to have your data deleted - after three,
    six, nine or 12 months of inactivity. Or you can select trusted
    contacts to receive data from some or all of the following services:
    +1s; Blogger; Contacts and Circles; Drive; Gmail; Google+ Profiles,
    Pages and Streams; Picasa Web Albums; Google Voice and YouTube. Before
    our systems take any action, we'll first warn you by sending a text
    message to your cellphone and email to the secondary address you've
    provided."

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Excellent, though obviously not a service anyone hopes to see triggered.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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