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July 17, 2014

Should online accounts die when you do?

  • Most people assume they can decide what happens by sharing passwords in their will or with a trusted family member, but it's much more complicated than that.
    • By ANNE FLAHERTY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — When you die, should your loved ones have access to your Facebook, Gmail and other online accounts?

    A group of influential lawyers says yes, unless you specify otherwise in a will. The Uniform Law Commission, whose members are appointed by state governments to help standardize state laws, was expected to endorse a plan Wednesday to automatically give loved ones access to — but not control of — all digital accounts unless otherwise specified.


     
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