Many of us have a lot of digital data locked away in our Google accounts: emails, photos, chats, documents, schedules, restaurant reviews. Losing access to that data is likely to be fairly high on the catastrophe scale.
There are steps you can take before that happens to minimize the chances of you and your Google account being permanently separated. You should put the tightest security possible around the account, which includes setting up two-factor authentication, and you should review your options…
