How to prepare for your digital afterlife
Make sure your accounts end up in the right hands when you die
Don't forget your digital estate planning! Having had several friends leave us all-to-early in recent years, we discovered that family and friends were not prepared to deal with their email accounts, websites and social media presence in an appropriate way. While most of us make provisions for disposition of our physical possessions after we depart, only a few of us have started considering our online presence. This thoughtful How-To article from CNET, the reliable and respected tech consumer authority, offers solutions for your consideration - bringing your digital house in order. From Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Twitter, Instagram, and passwords - this practical guide will serve you well to conduct your digital housecleaning and create a digital addendum to your estate plan/living will/trust.
You're probably not going to die any time soon (knock on wood), but it's never a bad idea to prepare for the worst. Your will may take care of who gets your car when you pass away, but what about who gets your Facebook account? Or who's allowed to access your Gmail data? Managing your digital afterlife can be tough, especially if you have a lot of data hidden away within the depths of your inbox.
