How can I create my Digital Estate Plan?
Posted on Mar 28, 2016 5:40am PDT
The first step in creating your Digital Estate Plan is inventorying your
accounts (including usernames and passwords). Your digital inventory may
include: social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.), blogs, websites,
banking information including brokerage accounts, email, retail shopping
accounts, photo sharing accounts, Paypal, utility bills, and any other
digital based accounts you may have. Second, you should find a good place
to keep this information. You may appoint a family member, entrust your
attorney with the account details, have the information placed in escrow,
or you may use a service such as SecureSafe or Legacy Locker. You should
then name a digital executor. This person should execute your wishes upon
your death (ie: deactivate your Facebook account, send prints of Flicker
photos sent to family, etc.)