Google has announced a new Tool “Inactive Account Manager” which gives Google users the option to have information from inactive accounts wiped from the system or to be shared with friends or family members.
Inactive Account Manager will allow the users to have their data deleted three, six, nine or 12 months after it becomes inactive. Users can also select “trusted contacts” to receive information from various Google services such as Blogger, Gmail, Picasa Web Albums, Google Voice and YouTube.
Accounts become inactive when users haven’t logged in for a certain amount of time (timeout period).
Users can set their own “timeout” period, and then will receive a text message and e-mail to a secondary account when the company deems the account is no longer active.
Google users can access “Inactive Account Manager” from here.
