Delegating someone to access your Gmail Account

Do you know that you can ask someone else other than yourself to see
and reply or send afresh messages from your Gmail account?

Here is how to do it:

In gmail go to Settings. Choose Grant Access to your Account. Then
enter the email address of the delegated person. Then Press Send
Email. Your friend / assistant will get an email saying that you are
delegating him to send / reply messages on your behalf. Once he
accepts it he can use your email on your behalf.

You can delegate as many as ten persons at a time. This is ideal when
you create an email ID for a small association say APSCCON / AISCCON /
SCF etc and more than one person can handle official mail. The account
may continue for ever but head of the institution may change -- the
new head may just change the password. Imagine the case of President
of an SCA who keeps changing. (Incidentally I did create a Gmail
Account for SCF but it was NEVER used!!)

You can always revoke any access granted at any time to anyone. The
delegate can not delete your Email account or change your password.
The delegate will log in using his own email id and his own password.
In his Gmail he will see a button (top right hand corner)  to access
your mailbox.

Why will you ever do this? When you are away on a vacation you can ask
your trusted friend / assistant to take over urgent messages for
action. Routine message may be handled quickly. It is like signing
office letter For XYZ. There is no need to share your Gmail password
with others for any reason. This is risky and you should not do it
even you trust someone who may be careless!!

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Pensioners’ paradise? Bangalore’s a hell hole for senior citizens

Pl come back to this comment after reading the news item.

A six percent annual increase in crimes against elders is a serious
cause for concern. Rules framed in TN under MWPSCA provides for
systematic collection of this specific crime data. In AP our senior
police officers are still sleeping over the draft rules sent for their
comments. Is copying from a neighbouring state so difficult.

Vyasamoorthy
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Pensioners' paradise? Bangalore's a hell hole for senior citizens
Published: Monday, Feb 21, 2011, 9:23 IST
By Shilpa CB | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

Pensioners continue to be abused in their paradise. Bangalore, which
was once known as the Pensioners' Paradise,has turned into a hell of
sorts for senior citizens.

The notoriety of the Pensioners' Paradise first came to light after a
Helpage India survey in 2009 showed that crimes against the elderly in
Bangalore were half as much as in Delhi, which topped the list of
cities most dangerous for the old. The situation has only continued to
remain grim since.

There is a dedicated helpline number — 1090 — that attends to calls
from harassed senior citizens in Bangalore city. What is astounding is
that a large number of callers have complaints against younger members
of the family.

During 2010, 71 calls recorded on the helpline related to abuse of
senior citizens at the hands of family members. About 64 calls during
this period pertained to cheating of the old by agencies, while
another 43 calls spoke of senior citizens being defrauded by
individuals.

According to records of the Union home ministry, crimes against the
elderly have been increasing at a rate of 6% each year for the past
few years.

About 47.3 % of abused elders were ill-treated by people who are often
considered part of the social support mechanism for the aged, found Dr
Indira Jai Prakash, professor of psychology and consultant
gerontologist. Arguing that there is no room for complacency, she says
since the expectation that Indian families will take care of the old
is often not met, there is need for a more effective helpline, and
stronger and more organised groups of the elderly themselves.

There are legal lacunae too that need to be set right, to better
secure the country's elderly. A seminar held in the city recently by
the Nightingales Medical Trust and National Institute of Social
Defence favoured setting up a public-private partnership that would
implement the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
Senior Citizens Act.

However, the act itself is in need of amendment to better address the
problems of the elderly. There is no recognition of emotional abuse
within it, points out Shiv Kumar, convenor of the helpline number for
senior citizens.
b_shilpa@dnaindia.net
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Source URL:
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_pensioners-paradise-bangalores-a-hell-hole-for-senior-citizens_1510783