Digital Assets

What Are "Digital Assets"?

Technically speaking, digital assets are any “electronic record” that you own, license, or control.

A Plan for Your Digital Assets

What will happen to your online accounts when you die?

Can My Digital Assets Pass Through My Will?

You can pass some types of digital assets through your will, but most digital assets transfer in other ways, or not at all.

Digital Assets and Incapacity Planning

You can use a power of attorney to give a trusted agent authority to manage your digital assets. And if you have serious or specific concerns about what will happen to your digital assets if you become incapacitated, you might also give your agent login information and instructions about what do with your accounts.

The Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA)

RUFADAA helps fiduciaries and tech companies figure out who should have access to a person's digital assets after death.

Why Your Executor Needs Access to Digital Assets

After you die, the person wrapping up your affairs may need to access your digital assets.

Access to Online Accounts: Helping Your Executor and Loved Ones

Make sure your executor or another trusted person can find the passwords and usernames for your digital accounts.

What Will Happen to My Email Account After I Die?

You can decide, if you make a plan.

What Will Happen to My Yahoo Email Account When I Die?

Yahoo will delete your account after 12 months of inactivity.

What Will Happen to My Outlook.com Account When I Die?

The surest way to know what will happen to your outlook.com account is to make a plan and leave any necessary instructions to the people who will be wrapping up your estate.

What Will Happen to My Twitter Account When I Die?

What happens to your Twitter account when you die depends on a few things, including:

What Will Happen to My Hotmail Account When I Die?

What happens to your hotmail (outlook.com) account when you die depends on a few things, including:

What Will Happen to My LinkedIn Account After I Die?

What happens to your LinkedIn account when you die depends on a few things...

What Will Happen to My Yelp Account After I Die?

The surest way to know what will happen to your Yelp account is to make a plan and leave any necessary instructions to the people who will be wrapping up your estate.

What Will Happen to My Snapchat Account When I Die?

Snapchat is not forthcoming about what happens to the accounts of deceased users.

What Will Happen to My Foursquare Account After I Die?

The surest way to know what will happen to your Foursquare account is to make a plan and leave any necessary instructions to the people who will be wrapping up your estate.

What Will Happen to My Match.com Account When I Die?

What happens to your Match.com account when you die depends on a few things, including: