Date post: | 15-Apr-2017 |
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62% of us consider being able to
access a deceased friend or family
member's social media accounts
'important' or 'very important'
Digital Death Survey 2014
Step 1
R E V I E W T H E P R I V A C Y P O L I C I E SA N D T H E T E R M S A N D C O N D I T I O N S
O F E A C H W E B S I T E W H E R E Y O UH A V E A P R E S E N C E .
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Step 2
W R I T E D O W N H O W Y O U W O U L D L I K EY O U R P R O F I L E S T O B E H A N D L E D .
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TIP
You may want to completely
cancel your profile or keep it
up for friends and family to
visit. Some sites allow users
to create a memorial profile
where other users can still
see your profile but can’t
post anything new.
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Step 3
G I V E Y O U R E X E C U T O R A D O C U M E N TT H A T L I S T S A L L T H E W E B S I T E S
W H E R E Y O U H A V E A P R O F I L E ,A L O N G W I T H Y O U R U S E R N A M E S
A N D P A S S W O R D S .
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59% of us have 'viewed a social media
account of a friend or family member
after they had died'
Digital Death Survey 2014
Step 4
STIPULATE IN YOUR WILL THAT YOUREXECUTOR SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF
YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE ONLINEEXECUTOR MAY NEED THIS AS PROOF IN
ORDER FOR WEBSITES TO TAKE ANYACTIONS ON YOUR BEHALF.
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Step 5
C H E C K T O S E E I F T H E S O C I A LM E D I A P L A T F O R M S H A V E A C C O U N T
M A N A G E M E N T F E A T U R E S T O L E TY O U P R O A C T I V E L Y M A N A G E W H A T
H A P P E N S T O Y O U R A C C O U N T SA F T E R Y O U D I E .
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TIP
Google's Inactive Account
Manager allows you to
manage how you want your
online content to be saved
or deleted. This feature also
lets you give permission for
your family or close friends
to access the content you
saved on Google websites
after you die.Websmartboomer.com
Steps for using Google's Inactive AccountManager
To set up Inactive Account Manager:
1. Go to www.google.com/settings
2. Click on the link "Control your content".
3. Go to "Assign an account trustee".
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Resources
1. DeadSocial.org offers full guides on how to
plan death for all major social media platforms,
information on how to download your date from
Facebook and Twitter, and many other related
resources and tutorials.
2. You can draft a free social media will at Rocket
Lawyer: https://www.rocketlawyer.com/document
/socialmediawill.rl
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