Is there digital life after death? Providing for virtual assets in your digital estate
21 November 2014
It’s the year 2016 and the majority of our world citizens today live digitally through online social media platforms, gaming... environments, websites, chat rooms, shopping sites and more. The growth of our digital world also gives rise to new questions of law relating to your digital ‘assets’. What will happen to my online gaming profile, Facebook account, online banking account etc. upon my death? The reality is that these digital assets also need administering and what happens to your Facebook, online banking and other accounts, may in fact, be up to you.