Why You Need a 'Digital Executor'
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Loading... - Adam Maxwell
- 30 Aug 2022
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A last will and testament ensures your belongings are bequeathed to your family and your last earthly wishes are fulfilled after your death. But getting your affairs in order in the social media age is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Instead of just our physical property and finances, we also have to plan for what happens to our digital estates after we die—and find a digital executor to follow through on those plans.
The concept of a “digital estate” is relatively new, but almost everyone has one nowadays. Your digital estate includes (but is not limited to):
While you can include instructions on how your family should handle your digital estate data in your will, it’s more complicated than you think. Some states require you to name a digital executor to handle those materials after you die. That person is also responsible for notifying your online friends and followers of your death and making sure any accounts, subscriptions, or other services are canceled or transferred to your next of kin. Read More...
- Your usernames, passwords, and accounts.
- Personal files like photos, videos, emails/text messages, Excel and Word documents, etc.
- Purchased digital goods like your online movie collection, your digital gaming libraries (and any items purchased for those games), and your music collection.
- All data saved on your phone, computer, hard drives, and other devices, as well as data saved to your cloud storage.
- Cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Read More...
