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What Happens to Your Google Account When You Die? šŸŒšŸ”’

Writer: Inherit TeamInherit Team

Updated: Jun 27, 2024




Have you ever thought about what happens to your Google account when you pass away? With Life Vault, you can ensure that your digital legacy is managed according to your wishes. Here's what you need to know about managing your Google account in the event of your death.



Inactive Account Manager



Google offers a feature called Inactive Account Manager, which lets you decide what happens to your account if it becomes inactive for a certain period.



ā€¢ Set Up Your Inactive Account Manager:



- Go to your Google account settings.


- Select Privacy & Personalization.


- Scroll down to Make a Plan for your Digital Legacy (hand icon) and click Start.


- Follow the steps to set your timeout period, add trusted contacts, and decide what data should be shared or deleted.



Timeline for changes:



We suggest increasing the timeframe to 12 months to ensure your executors have enough time to act.



Trusted contact to notify:



We suggest nominating at least 2 contacts at this section assuming most people will nominate spouse in case you die in a single event.



For the first 2 emergency contacts we suggest selecting all boxed to allow your executors to act without limitation.


Data Sharing or Deletion



Decide if you want your data to be shared with your trusted contacts or if you prefer to have your account deleted after a period of inactivity.



How Life Vault Can Help



With Life Vault, you can store all the details about your Google account and Inactive Account Manager settings, ensuring your executors and trusted contacts have the necessary information to manage your digital legacy.



Why It's Important


Managing your digital legacy is crucial to ensure that your online presence and data are handled according to your wishes. By setting up your Inactive Account Manager and recording this information in Life Vault, you can give your loved ones peace of mind and clear instructions.







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At Inherit Australia, we understand that your information is sensitive. In order to setup your account we need to verify your email address to ensure your identity. This will allow you to access your data in the future and communicate with us from a verified email address or Google account.

Further, our software platform that gathers your information maintains the highest data security and privacy standards that have been approved by Xero in line with the ATO data security guidelines. All data transactions occur over a secure transit layer (SSL). Our data is stored at Microsoft Azure Australian-based data centre (Port Melbourne) that carries the following internal data security controls and Data centre certificates: ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC3, FedRAMP, HITRUST, MTCS, IRAP and ENS.

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Your sensitive data is also encrypted at the application layer using a random key and seed generated exclusively for your Life Vault. The keys and seeds are stored in corporate-grade key storage hosted separately from your data and maintained by Microsoft Azure.


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