A question that many of today's online community is concerned with is what happens to them online accounts of someone who has died. Their loved ones or relatives will be able to have access στη ψηφιακή ζωή τους, από Email, Instagram, Facebook, μέχρι και τους χρηματοοικονομικούς λογαριασμούς, αφού πεθάνουν; Τα παραπάνω ερωτήματα δημιουργούν την ανάγκη να υπάρχει ένα νομοσχέδιο που θα το επιτρέψει ή που θα το αποτρέψει.
It's one of the most important legal dilemmas of recent years, and to date only a few states have clear laws about whether, for example, a parent should gain access to their child's Facebook if the child dies, or if a woman should have access to financial information or to her deceased husband's locked email. This week at its annual meeting, the Uniform Law Commission from Chicago (a group of lawyers appointed to write a clear new law) will finalize a law that will give loved ones access to all digital accounts of people who have left their lives. Unless they did not want it.
As the Associated Press says today, the bill will create a special legal process to gain access, which can be incredibly difficult today:
Most people assume that they can decide to share their passwords with a trusted family member, or even list the passwords in their will. But there are problems. In addition to exposing passwords when they are written into a will, anti-piracy laws and “terms of using someone's service companys prohibit anyone from accessing an account that is not theirs. This means that relatives and loved ones can technically become criminals if they log into the account of their deceased loved one.
This is true even if you have the password. Putting them with giants such as Google will make the process even more difficult. And for a family that mourns, it can be almost impossible.
The bill will give access, but not control, to loved ones and relatives unless there is a term in the will that prohibits it. But the question is, should we all tomorrow make a covenant to ensure that our parents, children or spouses can not access specific email accounts?
