What happens to your email, photos, accounts, money and memories online after you die, and how to get it all in order now.
Ten minutes, and you'll know exactly what you've got online and who should be able to get at it.
Open the Digital Death Checklist Make your accounts listDying doesn’t just mean leaving behind hoards of clothes, books and kitchen utensils, it also means leaving behind your online presence. Ever thought about what would happen to your Facebook account, or your prized Netflix subscription after you die? Start here.
Do dead people have privacy rights? While you might be able to opt out of emails while you’re alive, a corpse can’t tell Google to delete the trail of GPS data which, in theory, could allow a third party to know intimate details them. Here we look at the strange world of data privacy after you die.
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You might want to make sure your private information remains private after you die. We document our lives digitally all the time.
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We've all got hoards of digital property - from Netflix accounts to books on Kindle - but most of it doesn't belong to us and can't be passed on after death.
Increasingly common is our accumulation of online stuff -we don’t just have accounts online but photos, music, important messages and maybe even an alter-ego.
Google won’t automatically delete your account after you die, even if it’s been inactive for years. In the past, an inactive account was flagged by ...
Our Facebook account is so much a part of our daily lives it’s hard to imagine being apart from it. That’s the nature of ...
There's currently no laws in the UK surrounding digital assets, such as email accounts, subscription services, music and films.
Digital liabilities are the payments you make online that carry on after you die. If you enjoyed a Netflix subscription, an Amazon Prime account you ...
While Facebook is aware of the issue, not all of us who use the platform for sharing memes and updating our status from the back of Wetherspoons
Your digital death legacy, Here’s what you need to know about your digital property and how to reclaim some of it.
You can set privacy preferences for your Google and Facebook accounts using Inactive Account Manager and a legacy contact. Here's a guide to online ...