Digital Legacy Plan? What’s That?

Simply: What is in your digital estate?  What remains of us online after we are gone? Who has access to online banking, passwords, photos — all of our personal and professional legacy — when we are no longer able to manage our online presence. 

This post is a follow-up to one on digital downsizing (see Digital Downsizing: Tackling the Digital Eyesore).

Canadian Angela Crocker has once again written a short readable practical guide to a necessary part of estate planning.

Any of us who have recently served as a power of attorney or executor for someone who had an online presence may know of what I speak.  Lawyers are now raising questions of digital estates as they help clients prepare wills. 

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