Placing a user account in escrow

A system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the computer processor to:
• receive a removal request to remove a user account from an administered account associated with a first party and a second party, wherein the user account can be accessed using either first login credentials associated with the first party or second login credentials associated with the second party, and wherein the first login credentials are different from the second login credentials;
• place the user account in escrow;
• grant access to the user account placed in escrow upon receiving both the first login credentials associated with the first party and the second login credentials associated with the second party;
• receive an assignment request to assign a content item in the user account placed in escrow to a first alternate user account associated with the first party;
• request, from the second party, secondary confirmation to assign the content item to the first alternate user account associated with the first party;
• and
• upon receiving secondary confirmation, assign the content item to the first alternate user account associated with the first party.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to:

• receive a removal request to remove a user account from an administered account associated with a first party and a second party, wherein the user account can be accessed using either first login credentials associated with the first party or second login credentials associated with the second party, and wherein the first login credentials are different from the second login credentials;
• place the user account in escrow;
• grant access to the user account placed in escrow upon receiving both the first login credentials associated with the first party and the second login credentials associated with the second party;
• receive an assignment request to assign a content item in the user account placed in escrow to a first alternate user account associated with the first party;
• request, from the second party, secondary confirmation to assign the content item to the first alternate user account associated with the first party;
• and
• upon receiving secondary confirmation, assign the content item to the first alternate user account associated with the first party.