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January 28, 2011

What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die? . Dylan Thomas said: "Death shall have no dominion". While he was engaging in some wishful thinking, and since we are all going there, I was thinking about death when I posted about the ownership of digital data after death: Who Owns Your Digital Data When You Die? While I look at this from a probate lawyer's perspective, Ken Strutin, in this article for New York Law Journal, gives a detailed discussion of the legal issues that arise from the death of the owner of digital data, both from an ownership and a litigation viewpoint. Great reading, and you will want to revise your Will after you read it.

January 28, 2011 in Computer Security, Miscellaneous, Web/Tech | Permalink

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I've always wondered about this as well. And when you're gone, just think about how many virtual assets, usernames and passwords won't even be known by those you left behind.

Posted by: Jason the Windows Phone 7 guy | January 31, 2011 at 11:50 AM

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