There has been a lot of discussion and controversy over the last few years about what happens to your digital assets when you die. Earlier
According to Professor Jason Mazzone, University of Illinois, College of Law, ” people spend an increasing part of their lives using Facebook and other online social
If you own digital assets like a Facebook page or a Google email account, what happens to them when you die? Assuming that your next
Last week, Representative Sam Johnson of Texas introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that, if passed, will limit access to Social Security numbers
If a Twitter user dies, here are the steps you must take to remove his or her account or to save a backup of their
Any free Yahoo account will automatically be cancelled after it has been inactive for 90 days. Premium services, however, will continue to be charged until
No it doesn’t. If no action is taken, once 120 days with no sign in have passed, all messages in the account will be deleted
The simple answer is yes. If no action is taken, your account will remain in cyberspace forever. However, the MySpace account of someone who is
Only the executor of the estate can close a PayPal account that is held in the name of the deceased. To do so, the executor
If you do nothing, the deceased’s account will be removed by the folks at LinkedIn after being inactive for at least six months. However, it’s
If a loved one has left his or her login information – user name and password – where you can find it, there’s no problem. All you have to
Google is one of the few ISPs that actually have a published policy on what to do to access a Gmail account when someone dies. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=14300 Whoever
According to a Comcast representative, anyone who knows the last 4 digits of the deceased’s Social Security number, their account number or the amount of
I just read an article which talks about the need to leave information about your online accounts so your heirs will know what they have
Digital assets are making dying even more complicated. As more and more of our life is portrayed in a digital form, a key question is