Here’s an excellent overview of why digital estate planning is important, how digital media is affected and the what you can do to plan ahead. If you only have two minutes, this news story from WXYC in Detroit is a good place to start.
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Google Announces Inactive Account Manager
Today Google released its new Inactive Account Manger allowing users to now specify what should happen to their account data ...
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PBS NewsHour: Law Lags in Defining Posthumous Protocol for Online Accounts
What happens to your email, Facebook page and other digital property when you die? Naomi Cahn of the George Washington ...
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Virginia Passes Digital Assets Law
Adding to the list of states that have passed laws pertaining to digital estates, the Virginia Legislature passed HB 1752 ...
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SXSW Wrap Up: Robot Panelists, AI and the Future of Identity
I sat with 65 other homo sapiens in a room, waiting to have an interview with a robot. Little did ...

Recollect: Archive Your Online Life
Recollect, a new California-based startup of three former Flickr employees, launched into public beta on October 25th promising to archive everything you do online. The service, which first made waves on the Internet with its archive of Tweets from the wildly popular XOXO Festival, allows users to collect their social media activity into one downloadable archive.

Step By Step Infographic
The folks over at Life Insurance Finder put together this great infographic, Step By Step Expert Guide To Protect Yourself Online Before You Die. With advice from me and Nate Lustig, formerly of Entrustet, now SecureSafe, the infographic defines digital assets, presents the various digital estate planning services, and discusses how to leave a digital legacy. [...]

SecureSafe Acquires Entrustet
The following is from the official announcement: ZURICH, Switzerland, April 17, 2012 – DSwiss, founders of SecureSafe, the leading online data safe service, announces today the acquisition of US-based digital estate planning service Entrustet. The acquisition will strengthen DSwiss’ footprint within the US market and provide them with additional end users. The Entrustet service allows people to [...]
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What happens to your Facebook account when you die?
February 7, 2012
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So what *does* happen to your digital assets after you die?
December 21, 2010
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What do you want to happen to your Facebook profile after you die?
January 14, 2010
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Stages of the Digital Afterlife
August 24, 2009
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PBS NewsHour: Law Lags in Defining Posthumous Protocol for Online Accounts
March 13, 2013
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Google Announces Inactive Account Manager
April 11, 2013
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PBS NewsHour: Law Lags in Defining Posthumous Protocol for Online Accounts
March 13, 2013
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Virginia Passes Digital Assets Law
February 19, 2013
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Two Minute Overview: How to Prepare Your Digital Afterlife
February 16, 2013
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Recollect: Archive Your Online Life
November 11, 2012
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