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Ask Jerry: Will Google help me access a loved one's data after they pass away?


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(Image credit: Future) My mother recently died and we would like to be able to use her email so we can reset or close some financial accounts. We want the devices that manage our lives to be safe and secure and should expect companies like Google to try and make them this way. Apple required the death certificate and a court order noting I was the inheritor of my late father's data.

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