Google has launched a feature to let users decide what will happen to their online data after they die.
The feature applies to email, social network Google Plus and other accounts and gives users the choice of opting to have data deleted or passed on to other specified people.
Internet users around the world have expressed concern about what happens to their data after their death.
California-based Google also owns YouTube, photo-sharing service Picasa and Blogger.
Google said users can opt to have their data deleted after three, six, nine or 12 months of inactivity.
Alternatively, certain contacts can be sent data from some or all of their services.
However, the company said it would text a provided number or email a secondary email address to warn users before any action is taken.
Other companies have also attempted to tackle the questions that raises after a person's death, the BBC reports. Facebook, as an example, allows users to "memorialise" an account.
