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You Need to have a “Digital Executor”

Alisya Clayton • Jul 16, 2013

Virtually our entire lives and livelihoods are online, therefore, it is an absolute necessity that you have a digital executor. Most people don’t think about what their websites, domain names, facebook accounts, and email addresses are worth. It’s very important to inventory your digital media and make sure that someone has all the passwords and security questions so that they could log into the accounts after you pass away. Just think about how much music from iTunes or purchased ebooks you have. The average consumer has digital assets valued at $37,438, according to a 2011 global study funded by McAfee.

Not planning for these issues can have serious legal implications. In 2012, Helen and Jay Stassen sued Facebook for access to their 21-year-old son’s profile to help them find out why he committed suicide. In another case, a federal court judge in Northern California ruled that Facebook was not required to give access to surviving family members of a deceased user.

For more information, there is an article here.

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