Waxaa jira laba dhinac oo noloshaada ah. Mid waa nolosha jidhka ah^{(physical life)} ee aad ku nooshahay - oo leh hanti ay ka mid yihiin guri, baabuur, xisaabaad bangi, iwm. Waxaad daryeeshaa alaabtan inta aad nooshahay oo waxaad abuurtaa rabitaan aad dadka ku ogeysiiso waxa lagu sameeyo hantidaada jireed. Dhinaca kale waa noloshaada oo ku xidhan kombayutarkaga iyo internetka^{(life associated with your computer and the Internet)} . Waxaad waqti badan ku bixisaa abuurista ururinta muusig/sawiro/ filimaan offline iyo online ah. Waxaad isticmaashaa Facebook , LinkedIn , Google Plus ,  Twitter , Microsoft Account , Yahoo , MediaFire , PayPaliyo xisaabaadka kale ee bulshada ama onlaynka ah oo aad hayso xog muhiim ah oo ku kaydsan akoonnadan.

Maxaa ku dhacaya xisaabaadkaaga ^(Accounts)onlaynka^(Online) ah markaad dhimato

Weligaa ma la yaabtay waxa ku dhacaya dhammaan hantida dhijitaalka ah ee khadka tooska ah dhimashadaada ka dib?

Malaha kombuyuutarkaaga iyo saxannadaada waxaa laga yaabaa inay helaan qaraabadaada, laakiin ka waran qoraallada faraha badan ee aad ku qortay baraha bulshada? Ka warran iimaylada aad ku kaydisay Hotmail , Gmail , iyo adeeg bixiyayaasha kale? Maxaa ku dhacaya kumanaanka sawir ee aad ku kaydisay Flicker^(Flickr) ? Waxaa laga yaabaa inaad maamusho shabakad ama blog ama ganacsi online ah. Geeridaada ka dib, yaa ku raaxaysan doona filimada aad soo gelisay mid ka mid ah adeegyada daruuraha…ama ka qaadan doona dakhliga ka soo gala hantida internetka?

Facebook vs Stassen

Dadku xitaa kama fikiraan hantidooda dhijitaalka ah marka ay diyaarinayaan rabitaankooda. In ka badan inta badan, waxay illoobaan hantidooda dhijitaalka ah ee weligood looga tagay internetka^(Internet) ka dib markay dhintaan. Sidan oo kale, ma jiraan shuruuc ama sharciyo lagu hagayo shirkadaha internetka^(Internet) ku saleysan waxa ay ku sameynayaan xogta dhijitaalka ah ee macaamiishooda marka ay dhintaan. Waxay ahayd ka dib markii kiisas gaar ah ay ka soo baxeen maxkamadaha sharciga, shirkado kala duwan ayaa la yimid xalal kala duwan.

Benjamin Stassen , 21-sano jir ah ina Helen iyo Jay Stassen , ayaa isdilay isaga oo aan ka tagin qoraal. Markii Helen iyo Jay ay waayeen sabab kasta oo Benjamin u qaaday tillaabada xad-dhaafka ah, waxay go'aansadeen inay fiiriyaan iimayladiisa iyo quudintiisa bulshada si ay u ogaadaan sababta. Laakiin tani ma fududayn. Gmail iyo Facebook ayaa sheegay inay ka walaacsan yihiin sirta Benjamin oo aysan siin doonin waalidka inay galaan akoonkiisa.

Tani waa arrin doodeed. Marka laga hadlayo hantida, qaraabada dhow^(kin) ayaa awood u leh hantida qofka dhintay haddii kan dambe uusan bixin dardaaran. Laakiin marka laga hadlayo hantida dhijitaalka ah - iimaylka iyo quudinta Facebook - ma jiraan sharciyo. Intaa waxaa dheer, shirkadahani waxay leeyihiin qandaraasyo ku saabsan ilaalinta sirta isticmaalayaasha .^(kin)

Ma kula tahay inay ku saxan yihiin ilaalinta sirta iyo diidmada codsiga Stassen? ^{(Do you think they are correct in protecting privacy and denying the request of Stassens?)}Ka dib oo dhan, haddii Benjamin uu doonayo inuu wax la wadaago waalidkii, wuxuu siin lahaa inay galaan akoonnada Facebook iyo Gmail inta uu nool yahay…^{( After all, if Benjamin wanted to share anything with his parents, he would have given them access to his Facebook and Gmail accounts while he was alive…)}

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Stassens wuxuu aaday maxkamada sharciga wuxuuna helay amarro uu kaga codsanayo Gmail iyo Facebook inay siiyaan iyaga inay galaan akoonnada Benjamin si ay u eegaan arimaha ku kalifay inuu isdilo. In kasta oo Google ay ku qasban tahay, Facebook ayaa sii waday in ay diido gelitaanka iyada oo sheegtay in ay tahay arrin sir ah sidaa darteed, ma bixin karto Stassens , gelitaanka akoonnada Benjamin. Waa la arki doonaa haddii Facebook uu racfaan ka qaato xukunka ama uu aqbalo.

Maamulka Hantida Dijitaalka ah

Kiisaska sida kuwa kor ku xusan ayaa dadka ku qasbay inay ka fikiraan hantidooda dhijitaalka ah iyo sidii loola macaamili lahaa kiiska dhimashada. Sidaa darteed^{(Accordingly)} , qaar ka mid ah shirkadaha internetka ayaa la yimid xeerar u gaar ah oo ku saabsan waxa ku dhici doona xogta marka isticmaaluhu dhinto. Waxaan ka hadli doonaa xeerarkan in muddo ah.

U Samee Dardaaran Gaar^{(Separate Will)} ah Hantida ^(Assets)Dijital ah^{(Online Digital)} iyo Xisaabaadka Onlaynka ah

Si looga fogaado jahawareer iyo si aan u badbaadiyo dhibaatooyinka ehelkaaga, habka ugu fiican ee aan arki karaa waa in la abuuro dardaaran ah oo si cad u qeexaya sida waxa lagu sameeyo alaabtaada digital. Waxaa laga yaabaa inaad rabto inaad barato cidda helaysa muusigaaga iyo filimadaada. Waa fikrad wanaagsan inaad ku xafido dhammaan diiwaannada wax iibsiga hal meel si ay dadku u ogaadaan qiimaha saxda ah ee ururintan dhimashadaada ka dib.

Sidaa si la mid ah, waxaad faraysaa bal in blog-kaaga cid kale ilaaliso iyo in kale. Waxaad tilmaami kartaa cidda gelaysa akoonkaaga Flicker^(Flickr) iyo dhammaan sawirada xisaabta ku jira. Tilmaamaha la midka ah waxay u socdaan dhammaan joogitaanka muhiimka ah ee internetka -^{(Internet –)} xisaabaadka emailka, Twitter , Facebook , Google , iwm.

Maadaama aadan ku wareejin karin hantidaan kuwa kale adoon siinin furaha sirta ah ee akoonnadan, waxaa lagugula talinayaa inaad u sameyso dardaaran gooni ah hantidaada dhijitaalka ah oo leh qaybo kala duwan oo hanti kala duwan ah iyo ereyadooda sirta ah. Habkaas, kaliya dadka hela hanti gaar ah ayaa ogaanaya furaha sirta ah.^{(Since you cannot transfer these assets to others without giving them the passwords to these accounts, it is recommended that you create a separate will for your digital assets with different sections for different assets and their passwords. That way, only the people who get particular assets gets to know the passwords.)}

Ogow in doonistaada caadiga ah la shaaciyo marka aad dhimato. Laguma talinayo in lagu daro furaha sirta ah rabitaanka caadiga ah sababtoo ah waxay siin doontaa furahaaga sirta ah qof kasta oo geli kara rabitaanka. Taasi waa sababta aan kugula taliyo mid gaar ah oo lagu aamino qof ixtiraamaya sirtaada. Sidoo kale, xasuusnoow inaadan u baahnayn inaad wadaagto ama bixiso wax kasta oo aad leedahay. Haddii aad leedahay ururinta lulataaye, laga yaabaa in aad rabto in ay tagaan aan la dareemin halkii aad u siin lahayd carruurtaada.

Tani waa uun talo soo jeedin aan filayo inay wax ka tarayso^{(This is just a suggestion that I think will work out)} . Fadlan fikirkaaga noogu soo sheeg sanduuqyada faallooyinka ee hoose^{(Please let us know your thoughts in the comment boxes below)} .

Shuruucda Hore ee Maqnaanshaha Dardaaranka ^(Absence):^(Will) Maxaa dhacaya Dhimashadaada Kadib

Qaybta sare waxay ka hadashay sida loola macaamilo hantidaada dhijitaalka ah. Haddii aad wakhti siiso si aad u abuurto dardaaran hantida dhijitaalka ah, waxay badbaadin doontaa dadaal badan oo dhinaca xigtada ah. Laakiin waxa laga yaabaa in aanay dadku u suurtoobin in ay go'aansadaan waxa ay dhammaan bixinayaan iyo waxa ay dhammaan ku xabaalayaan internetka^(Internet) . Maxaa dhacaya haddii aad ku guul dareysato inaad u abuurto dardaaran hantidaada dhijitaalka ah? Maxaa dhacaya marka aadan siinin xiriir - u sheeg Twitter - xigtadaada? Aynu aragno siyaasadaha - shirkadaha hormuudka ah - ee la tacaalaya dhicitaanka isticmaalkooda.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn waxay ka saartaa akoonka qofka dhintay iyada oo aan wax xog ah u gudbin qof kasta oo la xidhiidha dadka dhintay. Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay inaad u sheegi karto LinkedIn dhimashada isticmaaleheeda, laakiin ma weydiin kartid inay ku siiyaan faahfaahinta xisaabta LinkedIn ee dadka dhintay. Midna ma weydiin kartid inay ku soo wareejiyaan akoontada.

LinkedIn waxa ay haysaa foom u baahan in la buuxiyo si loo waydiiyo xidhitaanka akoontiga dadka dhintay^{(form that needs to be filled for asking closure of account of the dead)} . Faahfaahinta waxaa ka mid ah, waa inaad buuxisaa cinwaanka iimaylka ee qofka dhintay la'aanteed, LinkedIn ma socodsiin doonto codsiga ka saarista akoontiga. Markaad buuxiso foomka, waa inaad u dirtaa ciwaanka ku xusan foomka.

Waxa dhacaya dhimashadaada ka dib kiiska LinkedIn^{(What happens after your death in the case of LinkedIn)} waa xidhitaanka fudud ee akoonkaaga - marka mid ka mid ah xigaalkaa ama asxaabtaada uu ogeysiiyo LinkedIn^(LinkedIn) wax ku saabsan dhimashaada. Qofna ma galo koontada, LinkedInna^(LinkedIn) cidna ma siin doonto wax xog ah.

Twitter

Marka laga hadlayo Twitter- ka , marka aad u sheegto wax ku saabsan dhimista isticmaale, waxay digitize doonaan dhammaan tweets-ka dadweynaha ee isticmaalaha waxayna u dhiibi doonaan ka-faa'iideystayaasha^{( digitize all the public tweets of the user and hand it over to the beneficiary)} ka hor inta aan la xirin xisaabta.

Waxaad u baahan tahay inaad u soo dirto macluumaadka soo socda Twitter:

1. Magaca isticmaalaha akoontada Twitterka^(Twitter) (tusaale, @username iyo twitter.com/username)
2. Nuqul ka mid ah shahaadada dhimashada isticmaale ee dhintay
3. Nuqul ka mid ah aqoonsiga ay dawladdu bixisay (tusaale, shatiga darawalnimada)
4. Qoraal la saxeexay, oo nootaayooyin ah oo ay ka mid yihiin:

• Magacaaga hore iyo kan dambe
• Macluumaadkaaga xiriirka hadda
• Ciwaanka emailkaaga
• Xiriirka aad la leedahay isticmaalaha dhintay
• Tallaabo la codsaday (tusaale, 'fadlan dami akoontiga Twitter ')
• Xiriirinta taariikhda geerida ee onlaynka ah ama nuqul ka mid ah taariikhda geerida ee wargeys maxalli ah (ikhtiyaar ah)

Waxaad u baahan tahay inaad ku soo dirto macluumaadka kore fakis ama boostada ciwaanka soo socda:

Twitter, Inc.
c/o: Trust & Safety
795 Folsom Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
Fax : 1-415-222-9958”

Marka laga hadlayo Twitter- ka , cidna uma wareejiyaan akoontiga. Kaliya waxay u dhiibaan tweets-ka dadweynaha ee qofka dhintay ka dibna waxay xidhaan xisaabaadka la xidhiidha.

Facebook-ga

Dhanka Facebook -ga , ma xidho akoonkii marxuumka, akoonkana uma wareejiyo ehelkiisa. Waxay "xusaysaa" akoontiga si ay mar walba u daawadaan asxaabta Facebook ee hadda dhintay. ^(Facebook)Saxiibadu waxa ay ku soo gali karaan iyaga oo isticmaalaya aqoonsigooda^(IDs) si ay ugu dhejiyaan qoraalada iyo noocyada kale ee fariimaha.

Waxaad ku wargelin kartaa Facebook wixii ku saabsan dhimashadda isticmaaleyaashooda adigoo isticmaalaya foomkan oo waxaad geli kartaa Codsiga Xusuus^{(Memorialization Request)} -qorka . Sida LinkedIn , waxaad u baahan tahay inaad ogaato URL profile Facebook iyo aqoonsiga emailka ee isticmaalaha dhintay ka hor intaanay "xusuusan" xisaabta. Si aad u soo sheegto profile in la xasuusto, ku qor codsi halkan facebook.com .

Habka Dhaxalka Facebook ayaa kuu ogolaanaya inaad doorato Dhaxal.

Akoonka Google

Siyaasaddoodu aad uma cadda. Waxaan ogaaday in laga yaabo ama laga yaabo inay siiyaan qaraabada marin u helka iimaylada qofka dhintay. Waxaad bilaabi kartaa nidaamka adiga oo la xiriiraya macluumaadka soo socda:

1. Aqoonsiga iimaylkaaga
2. Liisankaaga darawalnimada
3. Ciwaan kaaga
4. Aqoonsiga iimaylka ee marxuumka oo wata hal ama dhowr cinwaan oo iimaylo ah oo muuqda
5. Nuqul ka mid ah shahaadada dhimashada ee qofka dhintay.

Waa inaad macluumaadka u dirtaa ciwaanka soo socda:

Google Inc.
Gmail User Support – Decedents’ Accounts
c/o Google Custodian of Records
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Fax: 650-644-0358.

Tani, si kastaba ha ahaatee, ma dammaanad qaadayso inay siin doonaan ka faa'iidaystaha marin u helka iimaylada qofka dhintay. Faahfaahin dheeraad ah ayaa laga heli karaa Google . Waxa kale oo aad ka akhrisan kartaa wax ku saabsan Maareeyaha Xisaabaadka Google-ka ee aan firfircoonayn^{(Google Inactive Account Manager)} .

Koontada Microsoft

Microsoft waxay tirtiri doontaa akoonka Hotmail haddii aan la galin in ka badan 270 maalmood. Haddii aad rabto inaad gasho akoonka Hotmail ee qaraabadaada dhintay, waa inaad la xiriirtaa Hotmail . Microsoft waxay ku siin doontaa fursad lix bilood ka dib. Waxaa laga yaabaa in lagaa baahdo inaad keento dukumentiyadan soo socda.

1. Nuqulka shahaadada dhimashada ee isticmaalaha
2. Caddaynta inaad tahay deeq-bixiyihii ama hantidii dhintay ama inaad leedahay awood qareenimo
3. Cinwaanka boostada jirka
4. Aqoonsiga ama koobiga shatiga darawalnimadaada
5. Dukumeenti leh tafaasiisha soo socota:

• Magaca xisaabta
• Marka hore iyo magaca dambe ee xisaabta
• Taariikhda dhalashada
• magaalada, gobolka iyo zip code
• Qiyaasta^{(Approximate)} taariikhda xisaab-abuurka
• Qiyaastii taariikhda calaamadii u dambaysay,

Dhammaan dukumeentiyada waa in lagu soo diraa fakis 425-708-0096 ama lagu soo diro emaylka [email protected]^{([email protected])} ama lagu soo diro iimaylka ciwaanka soo socda

Microsoft Corp – Online Services Custodian Records
1065 La Avenida, Building 4
Mountain View CA 94043.

Faahfaahin dheeraad ah ayaa laga heli karaa Microsoft .

Kuwani waa qaar ka mid ah shirkadaha leh xeerar gaar ah marka ay timaado helitaanka xogta isticmaalayaasha dhintay. Ogow in xeerarkan ay dhici karto in lagu burin karo xukunka ay maxkamaddu ku xukuntay ehelka marxuumka xaaladaha qaarkood.^{(Note that these rules may be overridden by court’s ruling in favor of the deceased’s kin in certain cases.)}

Shirkadaha kale ee Internet-ku-saleysan

Iyadoo shirkadaha kor ku xusan ay sameeyeen siyaasado lagu daryeelayo isticmaalayaasha joogsanaya jiritaanka, waxaa jira shirkado kale oo badan oo internetka^(Internet) ah oo aan weli samaynin siyaasadahaas. Liiska shirkadaha noocan oo kale ah waxaa ka mid ah goobaha waaweyn ee wadaaga sawirada, goobaha kaydinta daruuraha, goobaha wadaaga muusikada iyo in ka badan.

Ilaa hadda, dariiqa kaliya ee aan ku arki karo waa in shirkadahani ay sugaan waqti badan oo haddii aysan jirin galmo, waxay joojiyaan akoontiga.

Tusaale ahaan, Yahoo Mail ee bilaashka ah waxay curyaamisaa akoontiga haddii aysan jirin wax dhaqdhaqaaq ah muddo afar bilood ah.

Sidoo kale, haddii aysan jirin wax dhaqdhaqaaq ah oo ka jira Free MediaFire (goobta wadaagga faylka) muddo macquul ah oo ay u baahan yihiin meel bannaan isticmaalayaasha kale, waxay sii wadaan inay joojiyaan xisaabaadka isticmaalayaasha aan firfircoonayn. Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay in halka qaar ka mid ah hantida dhijitaalka ah ay lumin doonto sababtoo ah xidhitaanka xisaabaadka sababtoo ah wakhti dheer oo shaqo la'aan ah, qaar ka mid ah hantida kale ayaa ka tagaya weligeed firfircoon laakiin iyada oo aan lahayn daryeeleyaal.

PayPal , tusaale ahaan, waxay hayn doontaa akoontiga ilaa inta aad ku jirto dheelitirka. Haddaba, shirkadda iyo qaraabada marxuumku midkoodna ma isticmaali karo hantidan dhijitaalka ah haddii aanay jirin rabitaan habboon.

Haddii aad wareejiso aqoonsiga iyo erayga sirta ah, kuwa kale ayaa isticmaali kara hantidaada dhijitaalka ah. Maqnaanshaha wareejinta dardaaran ahaan, haddii shirkad lagu wargeliyo geeridaada, xigtadaada ma awoodi doonaan inay galaan akoonkaaga. Haddii aad rabto inaad gudbiso macluumaadka iyo noocyada kale ee hantida dhijitaalka ah ee aad ururisay inta aad nooshahay, habka ugu fiican waa inaad abuurto dardaaran gooni ah oo aad akoonnadaada u wareejiso xigtadaada^{(create a separate will and transfer your accounts to your kin)} . Si kale haddii loo dhigo, waxa dhacaya dhimashadaada ka dib waa waxa aad go'aansato isticmaalka dardaaranka.

Ganacsiga khadka tooska ah & shabakadaha internetka

Haddii aad maamusho degel dakhli fiican leh , blog ama goobta e-ganacsiga^{(website, blog or a e-commerce site)} , waxaa laga yaabaa inay tahay fikrad wanaagsan inaad ku dhejiso DHAMMAAN faahfaahintiisa dardaaranka^(Will) , oo ay ku jiraan URL^(URLs) -yada , aqoonsiga gelitaanka, faahfaahinta xisaabaadka bangiga iyo wixii la mid ah. Sidan ayay xaaskaagu ku ogaan doontaa waxaad samaynayso markaad dhimato.

Laakiin haddana mar kale, tani waa waxa aan u malaynayo. Noo sheeg habka ugu wanaagsan ee lagu gudbin karo hantida dhijitaalka ah dhimashadaada ka dib.^{(But then again, this is just what I think. Let us know what is the best way to pass on the digital assets after your death.)}

Dhammaanteen… dhammaanteen waxaan dhiman doonnaa maalin… ^{(After all … we are all going to die someday… )}

What happens to your Online Accounts when you die: Digital Assets Management

There are two aspects of yoυr life. One is the physical life that you are living – with assets such as a house, car, bank accounts, etc. You take care of these belongings in your lifetime and create a will to let people know what to do with your physical assets. The other aspect is your life associated with your computer and the Internet. You spend considerable time creating a collection of music/images/movies offline and online. You use Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter, Microsoft Account, Yahoo, MediaFire, PayPal and other social or online accounts and you have important information stored in these accounts.

What happens to your Online Accounts when you die

Ever wondered what happens to all these online digital assets after your death?

Probably your computer and disks might be acquired by your kin but what about the numerous posts you made on the social networking sites? What about the emails you stored with Hotmail, Gmail, and other service providers? What happens to the thousands of images you have stored on Flickr? Maybe you run a website or a blog or an online business. After your death, who is going to enjoy the movies you have uploaded to one of the cloud services…or take the earnings from these online assets?

Facebook vs. Stassen

People do not even think about their digital assets while preparing their will. More than often, they forget about their digital assets that are forever left discarded on the Internet after they die. As such, there are no rules or laws to direct Internet-based companies about what to do with the digital data of their clients when they die. It was only after certain cases came up in the courts of law that different companies came up with different solutions.

Benjamin Stassen, the 21-year-old son of Helen and Jay Stassen, committed suicide without leaving a note. When Helen and Jay could not find any cause why Benjamin took the extreme step, they decided to check out his emails and social feeds to know the reason. But this was not easy. Gmail and Facebook said they were concerned about Benjamin’s privacy and would not give the parents’, access to his account.

This is an issue for debate. In the case of physical assets, the immediate kin gets authority over the assets of the deceased in case the latter does not provide a will. But in the case of digital assets – email and Facebook feeds – there are no laws. Furthermore, these companies have contracts talking about protecting the privacy of users.

Do you think they are correct in protecting privacy and denying the request of Stassens? After all, if Benjamin wanted to share anything with his parents, he would have given them access to his Facebook and Gmail accounts while he was alive…

Anyway, Stassens went to the court of law and got orders asking Gmail and Facebook to provide them with access to Benjamin’s accounts so that they can look into the issues that drove him to commit suicide. While Google obliged, Facebook continued to deny access saying it was a matter of privacy and hence, it cannot provide the Stassens, access to Benjamin’s account. It remains to be seen if Facebook appeals against the ruling or accepts it.

Digital Assets Management

Cases such as the above have forced people to think about their digital assets and how to deal with them in the case of death. Accordingly, some of the Internet-based companies came up with their own set of rules as to what will happen to the data once the user is dead. We will talk about these rules in a while.

Create A Separate Will For Online Digital Assets and Accounts

To avoid confusion and to save problems to your kin, the best method I can see is to create a will that describes clearly as what to do with your digital belongings. You might want to instruct who gets your music and movie collections. It is a good idea to keep all the records of purchases at one place so that people can know the exact value of these collections after your death.

In the same way, you instruct whether your blog has to be maintained by anyone else or is it to be closed. You can instruct who gets access to your Flickr account and all the images in the account. Similar instructions go for all other important presence on the Internet – email accounts, Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.

Since you cannot transfer these assets to others without giving them the passwords to these accounts, it is recommended that you create a separate will for your digital assets with different sections for different assets and their passwords. That way, only the people who get particular assets gets to know the passwords.

Note that your normal will is made public the moment you die. It is not advised to include passwords in the normal will as it will give away your passwords to everyone who can access the will. That is why I recommend a separate will entrusted to someone who respects your privacy. Also, remember that you do not have to share or give away everything you own. If you have a collection of porn, you may want it to go unnoticed rather than giving it away to your kids.

This is just a suggestion that I think will work out. Please let us know your thoughts in the comment boxes below.

Default Rules In Absence Of Will: What Happens After Your Die

The above section talked about how to deal with your digital assets. If you take the time to create a will for digital assets, it will save much effort on the part of your kin. But it may not be possible for people to decide what all to give away and what all to keep buried on the Internet. What happens if you fail to create a will for your digital assets? What happens when you do not provide access to – say Twitter – to your kin? Let us see the policies – of leading companies – dealing with the expiry of their users.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn removes the account of deceased without transferring any data to anyone related to the dead. This means you can inform LinkedIn about the death of its user, but you cannot ask them to provide you with details of the LinkedIn account of the dead. Neither can you ask them to transfer the account to you.

LinkedIn has a form that needs to be filled for asking closure of account of the dead. Among the details, you have to fill in is the email address of the deceased without which, LinkedIn will not process the account removal request. Once you fill up the form, you have to send it to the address mentioned in the form.

What happens after your death in the case of LinkedIn is the simple closure of your account – when any of your kin or friends informs LinkedIn about your demise. No one gets to access the account, and LinkedIn won’t provide any data to anyone.

Twitter

In the case of Twitter, when you inform them about the demise of a user, they will digitize all the public tweets of the user and hand it over to the beneficiary before closing the account.

You need to send the following information to Twitter:

1. The Twitter account’s username (e.g., @username and twitter.com/username)
2. A copy of the deceased user’s death certificate
3. A copy of your government-issued ID (e.g., driver’s license)
4. A signed, notarized statement including:

• Your first and last name
• Your current contact information
• Your email address
• Your relationship to the deceased user
• Action requested (e.g., ‘please deactivate the Twitter account’)
• A link to an online obituary or a copy of the obituary from a local newspaper (optional)

You need to send the above information by fax or mail to the following address:

Twitter, Inc.
c/o: Trust & Safety
795 Folsom Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
Fax : 1-415-222-9958”

In the case of Twitter, they do not transfer the account to anyone. They just hand over the public tweets of the deceased and then close the related account.

Facebook

In the case of Facebook, it neither closes the account of the deceased nor transfers the account to his/her kin. It “memorializes” the account so that it can be viewed anytime by the current Facebook friends of the deceased. Friends may log in using their own IDs to post obituaries and other types of messages.

You can inform Facebook about the demise of their user using this form and put in a Memorialization Request. Like with LinkedIn, you need to know the Facebook profile URL and email ID of the dead user before they can “memorialize” the account. To report a profile to be memorialized, put in a request here at facebook.com.

The Facebook Legacy feature lets you Choose an Heir.

Google Account

Their policy is not very clear. I learned that they may or may not provide the kin with access to the deceased’s emails. You can initiate the process by contacting them with the following information:

1. Your email ID
2. Your driver’s license
3. Your address
4. Deceased’s email ID with one or more email headers showing up
5. A copy of death certificate of the deceased.

You have to send the information to the following address:

Google Inc.
Gmail User Support – Decedents’ Accounts
c/o Google Custodian of Records
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Fax: 650-644-0358.

This, however, does not guarantee that they will provide the beneficiary with access to deceased’s emails. More details can be had at Google. You can also read about the Google Inactive Account Manager.

Microsoft Account

Microsoft will delete a Hotmail account if it has been un-accessed for over 270 days. If you wish to access the Hotmail account of your deceased relative, you have to contact Hotmail. Microsoft will give you access after six months. You may be required to furnish the following documents.

1. Copy of the death certificate of the user
2. Proof that you are the benefactor or the deceased estate or that you have the power of attorney
3. Physical mailing address
4. Identification or copy of your driver’s license
5. A document with the following details:

• Account name
• First and the last name of the account
• Date of the birth
• city, state and zip code
• Approximate date of account creation
• Approximate last sign in date,

All the documents should be faxed to 425-708-0096 or emailed to [email protected] or sent via email to the following address

Microsoft Corp – Online Services Custodian Records
1065 La Avenida, Building 4
Mountain View CA 94043.

More details can be had at Microsoft.

These are some companies that have a certain set of rules when it comes to accessing data of dead users. Note that these rules may be overridden by court’s ruling in favor of the deceased’s kin in certain cases.

Other Internet-Based Companies

While the above companies have formed policies to take care of users who cease to exist, there are many other companies on the Internet that are yet to make such policies. The list of such companies includes major photo sharing sites, cloud storage sites, music sharing sites and more.

As of now, the only way out I can see is that these companies wait for a considerable period of time and if there is no login, they disable the account.

For example, Free Yahoo Mail disables the account if there is no activity for four months.

Similarly, if there is no activity at Free MediaFire (file-sharing site) for a reasonable period of time and they need space for other users, they go ahead to deactivate the inactive users’ accounts. This means that while some of the digital assets will be lost due to the closure of accounts due to long periods of inactivity, some other assets are left active forever but without any caretakers.

PayPal, for instance, will keep the account as long as you have balance in it. Thus, neither the company nor the kin of the deceased can make use of these digital assets in the absence of a proper will.

If you transfer the ID and password, others can make use of your digital assets. In the absence of the transfer by will, if a company is notified of your death, your kin won’t be able to access your account. If you wish to pass on the information and other types of digital assets you collected during your lifetime, the best method is to create a separate will and transfer your accounts to your kin. In other words, what happens after your death is what you decide using the will.

Online Business & websites

If you run a good earning website, blog or a e-commerce site, it might be a good idea to put ALL its details in the Will, including the URLs, login credentials, bank account details and so on. This way your spouse will know what to do when you die.

But then again, this is just what I think. Let us know what is the best way to pass on the digital assets after your death.

After all … we are all going to die someday… 

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