Credit: CC0 Public Domain When someone you love dies, sure, their spirit endures—but so does their social media. And when their photos, memories or posts surface unexpectedly, it can be a jarring purgatory for those still healing from the loss. Managing the digital afterlife is "something that people should […]
Psychologist Elaine Kasket, author of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data There are 2.37 billion people who regularly log on to Facebook at least once a month to send messages and check out photos, yet in 50 years’ time there could be […]
Digital Parents, Digital Grandparents, Digital Death, Digital Estate Planning, Identity Theft, End-of-Life Services Technology for all "How do I send a Facebook message?" "Can you help me with the computer?" "I can’t get into my phone!" Sound familiar? For many millennials, older relatives have spent a large percentage of […]
Digital assets are increasingly the subject of legal battles Credit: Yui Mok/PA It is typically property or cash that causes the biggest arguments between the inheritors of an estate, but many legal battles are now being fought over digital assets as well. Gorvins, a firm of solicitors, said it […]
Featured Image: Photo by Marta Branco from Pexels From assets like bitcoin to intellectual property like published articles or music, our personal assets are quickly moving beyond just physical properties like real estate to digital ones as we continue to increase our online activities. With social media giant Facebook […]